[Babase] Fwd: Re: Darting ER digram updated after conference call
[kop@meme.com]
Susan Alberts
alberts at duke.edu
Thu Feb 11 10:55:57 EST 2010
Yes I understand your point Karl. It's really an aesthetic thing. The
issue is that columns will never display at all in browse, or they
will not display in any readable way. Yes, a set of views could fix
this. I'm very willing to go with this.
SUsan
On Feb 11, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> Oops, didn't add the list address.
>
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
> -- Robert A. Heinlein
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> From: "Karl O. Pinc" <kop at meme.com>
> Date: February 11, 2010 10:42:38 AM EST
> To: Susan Alberts <alberts at duke.edu>
> Subject: Re: Darting ER digram updated after conference call
>
>
> On 02/11/2010 08:28:09 AM, Susan Alberts wrote:
>> So here's an idea.
>>
>> To make the logistical table more manageable, what about the idea of
>> making a separate table for all the notes? Then, dartings has only
>> dartid, sname, dates/times and mass. This would only be to make it a
>> more manageable table to browse (I used the browse function a lot for
>>
>> quick looking at things).
>
> I'm loath to change the db design to work-around vagaries in the
> user interface, but of course want a usable system so
> am willing to go there need be.
>
> I don't understand how this would help. All the non-notes columns
> would show up in the leftmost columns anyway so all you'd
> need to do would be to scroll up and down just like usual,
> no need to scroll right/left because you can ignore what's
> "off the right hand side" of the screen anyway.
>
> Or is there something else about having lots of columns
> that changes the way browse displays things? Would
> a view help?
>
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
> -- Robert A. Heinlein
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