[FM Discuss] Databases

[John Curwood]

Thanks for that, I hadn't originally done the spreadsheet style for the
examples, but they were just all a whole lot of words and not really
explaining anything until I put them into a table.

John

On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 09:38 +1000, Lachlan Musicman wrote:
> 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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