Re: simple client data base

2012-09-11 Thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Mark R Rivet wrote: > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Mark R Rivet wrote: >>> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a >>> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as >>> name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. Th

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-09 Thread Paul Rubin
Tim Chase writes: > urge you in a direction less fraught with peril. Rather than starting > by duplicating existing functionality of a complex domain More importantly, as others have mentioned, the main peril comes from having someone else relying on the success of the program. If you want to l

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-09 Thread Tim Chase
On 09/08/12 14:47, Mark R Rivet wrote: > Well I have to say that this is most discouraging. I should give > up learning to program. I don't have a chance at all. Thanks. I think the intent is not to deter you from learning to program, but rather to urge you in a direction less fraught with peril.

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-09 Thread Bryan
Mark R Rivet wrote: > Well I have to say that this is most discouraging. Sorry to to be a drag, but the thread needed a bit a realism. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Jorgen Grahn
On Sat, 2012-09-08, Mark R Rivet wrote: > On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 01:57:04 -0700 (PDT), Bryan > wrote: ... >>comp.lang.python tries to be friendly and helpful, and to that end >>responders have read and answered your question as directly as >>possible. There's good stuff available for Python. >> >>Mark

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:11:27 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > Mark R Rivet writes: >>>ones for a few dollars. You're reading about lists, tuples, and >>>dictionary data? Great, but other home accounting businesses have their >>>client databases automatically synced with their smart-phones and their >>>

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Ian W
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: > I think the idea is just to start with something simpler. If you are > interested in mechanical engineering, then building an automobile from > scratch, machining all the parts yourself etc., would be an ill-advised > choice as a first project.

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Paul Rubin
Mark R Rivet writes: >>ones for a few dollars. You're reading about lists, tuples, and >>dictionary data? Great, but other home accounting businesses have >>their client databases automatically synced with their smart-phones >>and their time-charging and their invoicing. > Well I have to say that

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Jason Friedman
>>Mark R Rivet wrote: >>> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a >>> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as >>> name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This >>> would be a small client database for my wife who h

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Mark R Rivet
On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 01:57:04 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote: >Mark R Rivet wrote: >> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a >> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as >> name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This >>

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Mark R Rivet
On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 05:57:24 -0700 (PDT), Ramchandra Apte wrote: >On Monday, 3 September 2012 19:42:21 UTC+5:30, Manatee wrote: >> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a >> >> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as >> >> name, addre

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Mark R Rivet
On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 04:25:14 +0200, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >Mark R Rivet wrote: > >> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a >> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as >> name, address, social, telephone number and similar inf

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-08 Thread Mark R Rivet
On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:50:14 +0200, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: >Chris Angelico wrote: > >> You may also be needlessly reinventing the wheel. Aren't there already >> several million basic contact databases around? Why roll your own? > >To learn a thing or two, and to stick it to the defe

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-06 Thread Bryan
Mark R Rivet wrote: > Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a > program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as > name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This > would be a small client database for my wife who has a home

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-05 Thread Ramchandra Apte
On Monday, 3 September 2012 19:42:21 UTC+5:30, Manatee wrote: > Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a > > program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as > > name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This > > would be

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-04 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> Personally, I wouldn't bother with SQLAlchemy for this. I'd just use > Python as the front end, PostgreSQL for the database, and psycopg2 > for the interface. Then you have to implement the entire logic, "event binding" etc. yourself. If you use e.g. Pypapi (the latest version), implementing

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
Mark R Rivet wrote: > Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a > program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as > name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This > would be a small client database for my wife who has a home

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Dwight Hutto
If you're just starting to learn python/computer science, why not try setting up section fields in a file that you can parse, with your own database. Then you can parse through, append, delete, etc and this will show you the 'higher' level of db's. Plus, I don't think anyone has mentioned RDBM: h

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Walter Hurry
On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:03:27 +0200, Wolfgang Keller wrote: >> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a >> program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as >> name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This >> would be a small

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a > program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as > name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This > would be a small client database for my wife who has a home accounting > busines

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 3 September 2012 15:12, Mark R Rivet wrote: > Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a > program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as > name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This > would be a small client databas

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Peter Otten
Chris Angelico wrote: > You may also be needlessly reinventing the wheel. Aren't there already > several million basic contact databases around? Why roll your own? To learn a thing or two, and to stick it to the defeatists ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 03/09/2012 15:12, Mark R Rivet wrote: Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This would be a small client database for my wife

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
On Monday, 3 September 2012 15:12:21 UTC+1, Manatee wrote: > Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a > > program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as > > name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This > > would be a

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Anoop Thomas Mathew
it hard. On 3 September 2012 19:51, loïc Lauréote wrote: > > Hi, > > You can try gadfly ! > This system is based on SQL. > > Loïc > * > *** > > > > > From: markrri...@aol.com > > Subject: simple client data base > > Date: Mon, 3

Re: simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Mark R Rivet wrote: > I have been reading about lists, tuples, and dictionary data > structures in python and I am confused as to which would be more > appropriate for a simple database. I think you're looking at this backwards. A database is for storing informati

simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread loïc Lauréote
Hi, You can try gadfly ! This system is based on SQL. Loïc > From: markrri...@aol.com > Subject: simple client data base > Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 10:12:11 -0400 > To: python-list@python.org > > Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a > p

simple client data base

2012-09-03 Thread Mark R Rivet
Hello all, I am learning to program in python. I have a need to make a program that can store, retrieve, add, and delete client data such as name, address, social, telephone number and similar information. This would be a small client database for my wife who has a home accounting business. I have