[Dvddbp-develop] OpenDb not quite ready.

[Jason P. <jas...@ho...>]

Hi,

I know I promised that OpenDB would be ready, but it is
not quite!  I still have to fix the Search and Stats
pages.

I also have some added functionality that will be "Coming Soon",
so that I can get this out a little quicker.

For example: Query By Example will be a new feature to go
along with Search, plus some admin forms for the new items
and item attributes/lookups.

Anyway, all seems to be going well, I have VCD,DVD,VHS and CD
all working fine, and it would be an easy thing to add BOOK
or ?????? (something that can be leant!) to it as well.  All
you need to define is the item type and its attributes, the
rest is done for you within the new system.  (Admin pages to
facilitate this will be part of final release!)

If you really want to take a look, a preview is available at:
    http://www.geocities.com/jasonpell/opendb/

Please do NOT send me email about the versions you download
from this site, as they are is not a finished product.
When it is finished, I will of course let you all know.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO START WITH A NEW DATABASE FOR OPENDB.
DO NOT INSTALL OVER DVDDBP PHP CODE EITHER, AS THEY DO NOT
BEHAVE WELL TOGETHER.

Marc Powell has provided a upgrade.php script, which I will
augment for release, so that you can migrate the USER and DVD
tables.  But this is broken, due to extra database changes I
made after Marc code it.

You can of course send me positive comments about the state
of OpenDb development :-)

Cheers
Jason

--
Vegan Philosopher Programmer


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