[ANN] Text-file DBs

[David Bovill]

Thanks Paul - I'd be really interested in helping / proof reading / asking
stupid questions :)

On 5 November 2015 at 17:57, Paul Looney <simplsol at aol.com> wrote:

> David, Sri, Robert, Bruce, Matt,
>
> Sorry you can’t come tonight. I understand that little "distance problem”.
>
> The presentation will not be recorded. It is hard enough preparing all of
> the material without spending a couple days deciding what to wear. ;-)
>
> I have been working on a small book (originally 12 pages, now over 80
> pages and growing) tentatively titled “Accelerated Data Processing with
> LiveCode” - based on my 30+ years experience with data processing and
> decade with Revolution/Rev/LiveCode. There are still two chapters to
> finish. The last of these is on Text File DBs. I hope to finish it by the
> end of the year. It will be released under the Creative Commons license and
> free for downloading.
>
> Here are the chapters (let me know if I missed something, I almost forgot
> to have a chapter on CSV - a subject about which I have strong feelings):
>
> I.     Have the computer time the process
> II.    Indicate that the process is still in process
> III.   Lock Screen - or don’t
> IV.   Lock Messages - or don’t
> V.    Move data to be processed from fields to variables
> VI.   Fields, Variables, and Custom Properties
> VII.  Filter data before other processing
> VIII. Calculate fixed variables once per repeat loop
> IX.   Use “Put” instead of “Get and Put” where appropriate
> X.    Use multiple single filters - not compound filters
> XI.   Use “Repeat for…” instead of “Repeat with i = …”
> XII.  Sorts: “forwards”, “backwards”, & “sideways”
> XIII. Choosing Delimiters (CSV must die!)
> XIV. A word about Arrays, Keys, and Record IDs
> XV.  Cards, Relational Databases, and Text Files
> XVI. “SQL” & Relational Databases
> XVII. Using “Text File” Databases
>
> Each chapter has many code samples.
> The Text File chapter will show, step by step, how to create the text
> file, itself - with code samples for both the server and the clients. I’ve
> been working on that chapter for a month but still don’t know how big it
> will be - other than “as big as it needs to be” - there is no publisher
> dictating chapter or book length.
>
> I appreciate your interest.
>
> Paul Looney
>
>
>
> > On Nov 5, 2015, at 9:12 AM, David Bovill <david at viral.academy> wrote:
> >
> > Paul I'd love to see the presentation - would be great if you could
> record
> > it or we could arrange to do it as an online session with people from the
> > list?
> >
> > On 3 November 2015 at 05:02, Paul Looney <simplsol at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> This coming Thursday evening, Nov. 5th, I will doing a presentation on
> >> Text-file Databases at the So. Cal. LUG meeting. If you have wondered
> >> whether there is some data processing option between the limits of
> >> card-file databases and complexity of SQL RDBMS, come and find out. I
> will
> >> show how to build a multi-user, client/server database management
> system -
> >> entirely in LiveCode.
> >>
> >> The monthly meeting <
> http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=25476>
> >> is held at Dupar’s in Pasadena. The food is good and the gang is great.
> >>
> >> Paul Looney
> >>
> >>
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