[FM Discuss] Databases

[Lachlan Musicman]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 08:30, Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, May 20, 2010, John Curwood <marketing at lovinglearning.co.nz> wrote:
>> Hi I've tried adding a piece about databases to the introduction.
>>
>> However my youngest son has been incredibly restless overnight an I just
>> couldn't get into the flow with it so it's there but it's not Pretty  ;)
>
> All good, thanks. I am thinking we should use the spreadsheet as an
> example of a simple db...or a db as a 'multi sheet spreadsheet' that
> is interlinked...taking it back to something that people can
> visualise...
>
> Does thatwork for ppl?

Heh. And I've just seen some of your additions, and it looks like
you've essentially done that already. Great work John, thanks

L.


>
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 18:36 +1000, Lachlan Musicman wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 17:45, adam <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>> > hey
>>> >
>>> > just looking at the db manual...looking good.
>>> >
>>> > the information is excellent but i think it needs more context and
>>> > narrative.
>>> >
>>> > anyone wanting to take this and wrap some context around it? eg. explain
>>> > what a database is...explain what sql is...etc
>>>
>>> Yes! I was in auto pilot when i wrote it last night and wasn't feeling
>>> very poetic - but  if anyone else is, please :)
>>>
>>> > adam
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 22:53 +1000, Lachlan Musicman wrote:
>>> >> Hola,
>>> >>
>>> >> Ok, I've largely done the MySQL instructions. If someone could take a
>>> >> look and let me know what they think/edit it, that would be great.
>>> >>
>>> >> It's incredibly rudimentary - it's not meant to be complex - and shows
>>> >> what you need to get started.
>>> >>
>>> >> cheers
>>> >> L.
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