Re: Revisiting Genealogy Research Organization Project

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:12:01 +0200, Andreas Saeger
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Tamblyne wrote:
> > But my uber-geek days are long behind me.  Technology advanced much
> > faster than I did, so I'm now at the point where I can get things to
> > do what I want them to do, but I'm definitely not up on everything I
> > should be.  
> > 
> There is nothing in Base which was not part of any database tool in the 
> early 90ies. But this does not comfort anybody.

Especially since I wasn't doing anything with databases until about
five years ago.  :-D  

> > So before I jump into this thing with both feet again -- i.e., trying
> > to get develop this with OOo Base -- I have a few questions for you
> > guys who *do* know what you're doing:  
> > 
> This tool is full of bad surprises.

Ut oh.  :-)  

> > One of the problems that brought it to a screeching whoa was the
> > inability to browse a directory, select a file, and have the file name
> > saved to the DB.  Drew, you told me a couple of times you'd send me
> > the code to make this work, but if you did, I didn't get it.  Sorry!  
> > 
> See simple code at the bottom.

Thank you -- this will help.  

[snip]

> A stated above, Base is not a full featured database application. It is 
> hardly more than a bridge between the office suite and several types of 
> databases. The database in a single file is an additional goody (at 
> best). You made you database already and now you can use OOo tools for 
> manual input through forms and output into office documents.

Ah!   The light is starting to come on.  This explains a lot!  Thank
you for the help!