Re: [GENERAL] What Front-End you suggest ?

2005-10-08 Thread Matthew Story
if you write a (warning incoming buzz-word) web-based front-end, it wouldn't have to be operating system specific, so why not use PGP for a middle layer and use XML (define an XML schema first) to pass information to a DHTML (javascript, XHTML, CSS) front-end. I have implemented this design with a

Re: [GENERAL] PYTHON, ODBC

2005-01-14 Thread Matthew Story
thanks for the advice, matt On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:47:08 +0100, Pierre-Frédéric Caillaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > due to the complicated nature of the database, and inability of zope > > Well, I've found that Zope is very good to do a few things, and very > bad > at the res

Re: [GENERAL] PYTHON, ODBC

2005-01-14 Thread Matthew Story
we won't be using any tools aside from psycho pg, no gui application frameworks, ie we're not using zope, ruby on rails, etc. The front end will only work for this particular database. This has come about due to the complicated nature of the database, and inability of zope to do what we need, and

Re: [GENERAL] Books for experienced developers

2005-01-09 Thread Matthew Story
Postgresql introductions and concepts by bruce momijan isn't bad, though it is severely out of date, but most of the concepts of postgresql have stayed the same, the text will not provide you with any how-tos for the newer functionality, though it should help you make the conceptual switch to postg

[GENERAL] PYTHON, ODBC

2005-01-09 Thread Matthew Story
We're looking into building a front end for our database in python. The database in question is an educational database, that generates new tables for each teacher, class and student. Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for similar projects to look at, resources, and general informati