Problem with revExecuteSQL - More

Dave dave at looktowindward.com
Thu Nov 1 21:29:52 EDT 2007


Thanks a bunch, I've been working like a dog on this project and this  
is a major milestone.

Cheers!
Take Care
Dave

On 2 Nov 2007, at 01:03, Jim Ault wrote:

> On 11/1/07 4:27 PM, "Dave" <dave at looktowindward.com> wrote:
>> This is my main gripe with RunRev really. There are three features
>> that I've used lately (and not used before), advertised to death on
>> the news letters, etc. And when you use them, god help you if you
>> want to do anything other than the rather plain examples. As soon as
>> you get into a "real-life" situation RunRev (in my experience) lets
>> you down.
>>
> (hopefully everyone except Eric Chatonet will read this.  He  
> already knows
> this stuff.  He wrote it.)
>
> The reality of the situation is that databases are many and have  
> nothing to
> do with Rev docs.  The "real-life" solutions you refer to almost  
> always
> involve considerable study, such as syntax and encoding.  There is  
> no way
> Rev could document all of these areas.  HOWEVER :-)  see the next part
> ---------------------
> Don't forget to do the following:
> Open Rev, open Documentation, then click on Search, say yes to the  
> update.
> Now you can search across the
> Dictionary {drop down menu choices }
> Mail Archive {drop down choices[ Gmane Nable Google etc] }
> RevOnline {drop down choices [RevNet RevOnline WebDatabase] }
> ....across sites (such as Eric Chatonet, Ken, Chipp) }
> Google {drop down choices [Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc]}
>
> RevOnline search will find example stacks.  Click Display to  
> download them.
> WebDatabase searching 'sql' finds Chipp, Trevor, Ken
> 'XML' finds 9 hits, one of which is a Scripting Conference stack by  
> Rev on
> XML
> ----->The XML Guide is a comprehensive workshop that shows you how  
> to use
> XML in Revolution.
> To download click here... right on the Rev web site!
> This stack was kindly contributed by Sarah Reichelt of TrozWare.
> ---------------------------------
>
> Rev Search was ** written by Eric Chatonet for Rev = very powerful !!
>
>
>
> Think of this list and Google as your friends when you begin to  
> travel in
> the complex areas.
>
> For example, PHP is on virtually every web server, used by many  
> thousands of
> programmers and is now at version 5.2+  The docs change frequently.
>
> Each version that is released has bugs, function and syntax  
> changes, so that
> programmers have to constantly study the new docs and find their  
> own ways to
> update older code. That's right, version 4.1.3 code will probably  
> break if
> run on an updated server, even 4.4.4.  In the PHP world, this is  
> normal.
>
> I have done some Rev-XML parsing work recently, and had to dive  
> into XML
> docs on the web  and Sarah's stack to learn the standards.
>
> No way can Rev docs keep up with all the other communities.
>
> What are the three features you tried?  XML?  SQL?  ??
> Sql is beyond the Rev docs, but Rev allows us to connect easily  
> with Sql
> databases.
> XML is beyond the Rev docs, even though you can build parsers, etc  
> in Rev.
>
>> Hours coding and design takes a day or more to get right, just
>> because of the documentation and the lack of central place and bad
>> support
> 'Only a day or more'... wow! you are much faster than I am at  
> getting my
> head around other protocols and languages.
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
>
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