On Friday 16 March 2012, 12:57:24 Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 16.03.2012 11:09, Nino Novak wrote: > > On Thursday 15 March 2012, 21:49:10 Andreas Säger wrote: > >> First you need some database up and running. The creation of a > >> database > >> requires expert skills and appropriate software tools for the database > >> type in question. > > > > IMHO, we should offer a really *short* tutorial on how to create a > > simple > > address book with LibreOffice. > > > > It could be used as reference on how to use Base. > > > > Don't you think, that this would help much more than saying, that it > > requires expert skills? > > > > Nino > > Again, this is *impossible*.
Would you mind - sorry for the "assault" - would you mind to *show* me that that's impossible instead of telling me? (Note: I'm not talking about a tutorial of "how to become a database expert", but only of "how to create a simple address book") > You can not describe how to do that by > means of features. You have to describe the process by means of data. I don't understand what you want to say here. As for the tutorial, I meant: implementing one possible concretion of an address book. Step by step. No further knowledge needed (though of course, helpful if available). > There are plenty of references on how to use Base. Unfortunately most of them start with theory. Though, there is one tutorial- like Howto which I really appreciate. But it's about a calendar/scheduler, so not applicable here. > There are thousands > of resources on relational database design in general. As said before: I did not mean to learn how to become a database specialist. The tutorial should be aimed at simple (or say, a little bit advanced) users, who just want to build a simple database. > This is not a > problem. The problem is that too many people try to learn this by doing. I always encounter too many people trying to understand theory and capitulating because of the too high level of abstraction needed to understand theory. > But this is something where you need to know some basics before you can > do anything. What if we "just try it"? Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
