Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Uwe Brauer
>>> "Jose" == Jose E Marchesi writes: >> 1) Using ob-rec.el (part of recutils) >> #+begin_src rec :data mydata.rec :type milestone :fields ProjectID,Name >> Year == 2014 >> #+end_src > #+begin_src rec :data mydata.rec :type milestone :fields ProjectID,Name > Year ==

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Charles Millar
On 04/04/2016 04:27 PM, Charles Millar wrote: Hi, On 04/04/2016 03:46 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote: Hello I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody has a suggestion? What's about recutils? A few months ago I added recutils or "rec" to the Babel:languages, Emacs Pack

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Charles Millar
Uwe, On 04/05/2016 06:32 AM, Uwe Brauer wrote: > Hi, > On 04/04/2016 03:46 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote: > I have been using recutils with orgmode for more than year - still > learning of course. So far, my experience has been fine. I am still > developing some sort of standard data

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Uwe Brauer
> Thanks. Could you please send me the mydate file otherwise that > will not work (and I don't know enough recfiles syntax to cook > up my own. > Sure. This could be an example of a recfile: Thanks that worked nicely!

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Jose E. Marchesi
> 1) Using ob-rec.el (part of recutils) >#+begin_src rec :data mydata.rec :type milestone :fields ProjectID,Name > Year == 2014 >#+end_src Thanks. Could you please send me the mydate file otherwise that will not work (and I don't know

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Uwe Brauer
>>> "Jose" == Jose E Marchesi writes: >> I have been using recutils with orgmode for more than year - still >> learning of course. So far, my experience has been fine. I am still >> developing some sort of standard databases, e.g. one for contacts, >> another for finance type of recor

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Tuesday, 5 Apr 2016 at 16:40, Jose E. Marchesi wrote: [...] > You could try to use rec-mode.el from the git version of recutils, as it > contains several fixes since the 1.7 release: > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/recutils.git/tree/etc/rec-mode.el Thanks. I'll give that a shot. -- :

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Colin Baxter
> > I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody > > has a suggestion? What's about recutils? > > > > thanks > > > > Uwe Brauer > > I've just installed recutils from source. If you do the same then be > aware that as well as the usual l

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Colin Baxter
I'm afraid my recutils from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/recutils-1.7.tar.gz had no REDADME.dev. It did have a README, which mentions README.dev but no README.dev. Best wishes, Colin. 05.04.2016, 13:54, "Jose E. Marchesi" : > > I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmo

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Colin Baxter
> Hi, > > On 04/05/2016 06:43 AM, Colin Baxter wrote: >>> Hello >>> >>> I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody >>> has a suggestion? What's about recutils? >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> Uwe Brauer >> I've just installed recutils from source. If you do the same then be >> awa

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Jose E. Marchesi
> Hi Charlie, > > recutils-1.7 on Debian 3.2.78-1 i686 GNU/Linux. It installed ok, but > gave warnings on "make test". These disappeared on installing the > packages I mentioned. Colin et al., All this talk of recutils motivated me to try it again as I do have

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Tuesday, 5 Apr 2016 at 14:04, Colin Baxter wrote: [...] > Hi Charlie, > > recutils-1.7 on Debian 3.2.78-1 i686 GNU/Linux. It installed ok, but > gave warnings on "make test". These disappeared on installing the > packages I mentioned. Colin et al., All this talk of recutils motivated me to

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Charles Millar
Hi, On 04/05/2016 09:04 AM, Colin Baxter wrote: Hi, On 04/05/2016 06:43 AM, Colin Baxter wrote: Hello I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody has a suggestion? What's about recutils? thanks Uwe Brauer I've just installed recutils from source. If you do the sam

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Jose E. Marchesi
I'm afraid my recutils from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/recutils-1.7.tar.gz had no REDADME.dev. It did have a README, which mentions README.dev but no README.dev. Aha, looks like README.dev is not included in the distribution tarball. Time to fix that :)

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Jose E. Marchesi
> I have been using recutils with orgmode for more than year - still > learning of course. So far, my experience has been fine. I am still > developing some sort of standard databases, e.g. one for contacts, > another for finance type of records, etc. Do yo

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Russell Adams
> So what about some functionally openoffice or filemaker (a commercial > software which runs on Mac or on Windows) provide. You write data in a > table and then can run searches which produce new (smaller tables). I've been wishing for a dbase III clone or something fast, Postgres backed, that I

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Jose E. Marchesi
> I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody > has a suggestion? What's about recutils? > > thanks > > Uwe Brauer I've just installed recutils from source. If you do the same then be aware that as well as the usual linux packages, yo

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Colin Baxter
> Hello > > I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody > has a suggestion? What's about recutils? > > thanks > > Uwe Brauer I've just installed recutils from source. If you do the same then be aware that as well as the usual linux packages, you will also need "check", "

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Charles Millar
Hi, On 04/05/2016 06:43 AM, Colin Baxter wrote: Hello I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody has a suggestion? What's about recutils? thanks Uwe Brauer I've just installed recutils from source. If you do the same then be aware that as well as the usual linux pa

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Uwe Brauer
> Hi, > On 04/04/2016 03:46 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote: > I have been using recutils with orgmode for more than year - still > learning of course. So far, my experience has been fine. I am still > developing some sort of standard databases, e.g. one for contacts, > another for finance

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-05 Thread Uwe Brauer
>>> "Ken" == Ken Mankoff writes: > On 2016-04-04 at 15:46, Uwe Brauer wrote: >> I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody >> has a suggestion? What's about recutils? > Can you be more specific? Well my first shot would be something like a mediawiki s

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-04 Thread Charles Millar
Hi, On 04/04/2016 03:46 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote: Hello I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody has a suggestion? What's about recutils? I have been using recutils with orgmode for more than year - still learning of course. So far, my experience has been fine. I am

Re: [O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-04 Thread Ken Mankoff
On 2016-04-04 at 15:46, Uwe Brauer wrote: > I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody > has a suggestion? What's about recutils? Can you be more specific? Org tables? They can be joined... Org supports SQLite http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-d

[O] orgmode and a database

2016-04-04 Thread Uwe Brauer
Hello I am looking for a sort of database I could use with orgmode. Anybody has a suggestion? What's about recutils? thanks Uwe Brauer