[Babase] how do regular users append to tables

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Thu Dec 6 09:24:30 EST 2007


Hi Karl,

Laurence and I were updating the fecal tables earlier this week and a 
few questions came up

1)  the Upload program doesn't work for non admin people.  That's fine, 
I see the security issues here.   However, how do you recommend 
non-admins append to the end of existing tables?  Laurence used the 
import button to add some new fecal data but the records appeared at the 
beginning of the table and she didn't like this.  I know these tables 
aren't static like they are in FoxPro, but most of them do appear in a 
certain order when you browse them.  Is there any way a regular user can 
add records to the end of a table?

2)  Why wouldn't the Upload program work for me as an admin outside the 
babase schema?  I tried to append to the fecal tables myself but 
couldn't get the program to let me update the fecal schema within the 
babase database.  This will probably come up again with other schema:  
they may hold tables that should eventually be part of babase, but will 
be in transition for a period and will still need regular updates.


Thanks,
Tabby

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Tabby Fenn
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Princeton University
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