[PLUG] Database question

Amy Kelly engagedtone at gmail.com
Thu Jul 2 22:06:28 UTC 2009


> The queries needed for this type of application would not be difficult at
> all. Depending on how you plan to have your interface you may choose
> different levels of normalization (ie do you roll up the contact info into
> one table or not). As far as your interface to this database, I have read
> about using 0penOffice Base to interface with Postgres. That might be an
> easy path to success. Otherwise, you can roll out a quick webform that does
> a lot of what you need.

They're using Joomla for their website which might have some of that
already, but the volunteer coordinator haaaaaaates it. Or at least is
extremely unfond of it, anyway. :D  My thought was to have the name be
one field, address be another, phone number, email, possibly if it
lets me have an extra for other contacts, but that starts getting to
be a pain. This is kinda of why I never wanted to learn, I think of
too MANY cases instead of not enough. -_-

Thanks. :)

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Amy Kelly // engagedtone at gmail.com



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