[psa-users] Re: psa

[Udo <in...@cs...>]

Hallo Ravi,

* Ravi Arora <rav...@ho...> [23-01-02 11:22]:
> 
> >> Hozz it ?? Ofcourse, m joining PSA.
> >
> >What does hozz mean? My english ins't perfekt. We're happy, that
> >you join us. You're allready subscribed as a member.
> 
> Sry bout writing "Hozz it"? Actually i should have written "How is 
> it"??Hope u know wht that means :-). I will try to be careful in future on 
> spelling out my words. It's just that i have got used to writing these 
> short forms which of course won't help u guys.

Ah! Writing _not_ in shortform would help very much :)

> >Do You know how cvs works?
> 
> No i reckon i need to read up on CVS to find out how exactly it works. I 
> normally use Visual SourceSafe(a microsoft product,which comes packaged 
> with Visual Studio),which is what i program in. SO if you have anything on 
> CVS i can learn from, please let me know.

To start working youdon't need very much. What OS are you using?
Windows? There are many progs you can use.
Server: cvs.psa.sourceforge.net
CVS_Root: /cvsroot/psa

Login and Pass are your sourceforge datas.

Now we have the directory "layout" and "docs" which you can
download to work on it.

> >> I don't know about ur database skills but tell me hv u normalized the 
> >database b4 comin up wz the table structures ?? N pls if i can know about 
> >ur skillsets i 'll know better who to consult where.
> >
> >My db skills are not very high.
> >What do I have to do to normalized the db? Why do I have to do
> >this? But my skils are even higher than the skills of gee-r :)
> 
> Ok i got it. Just for your info though the whole reason why databases are 
> normalized is to optimize table structures. Optimized table structures can 
> help us get rid of redundant data and also gives us a clear view of how our 
> data in different tables is inter-related to each other. That's the big 
> picture. Although, i would suggest to you guys to may be read some article 
> on Database Normalization, it surely will help. May be then u guys can 
> criticize my database design(normalized) before we finally agree to our 
> database structure. Hope u get my point.

ACK. But what do you think about beiing the "DB_Admin" ? We want to
activate sourceforge's mysql-Server to work on equal data. but we
also need a install script to install a DB named psa on the local
systems...

> >> 1nce u let me know about this, i can go on and create a script file 
> > which
> > can be run against any mySQL server to create the PSA table 
> >structure.

Please do what you think has to be done and report.

> >That would be great. I set up a script (install.sh) which only runs
> >on Unix and linux systems I think. But I don't know if it works
> >fine.
> I am not very clear about what you are trying to convey in your above 
> sentence. May be u can throw some more light on this,so that i get your 
> point.

I'm a linux user. My knowledge about mysql is very small. I do not
exactly know how to install a db by script. Do you know linux? Have
you ever worked with it?
I only create a directory in the MySQL directory an copy the
tables, I've created on my desktop pc in this new-created
directory.

> >> Also, it would b gr8 if u could also involve me in some PHP 
> >> programming.Let me know wht u hv 2 say on this.
> >
> >I only have some german descriptions about php. When yu look at the
> >files, I've allready made and uploaded via cvs you will find
> >entries which start with <?php and end with ?>. Look at these
> >things and you will get an idea of php.
> >
> >Then search google.de or com for the php handbook. Here you get
> >information what php-mysql commands you can use. I can send it in
> >german to you, but I think, that wouldn't help.
> >
> >Try the programm, try the install script (or look at it and make a
> >better one). If you want, you can make a new dir under language and
> >translate the english language files to your language.
> 
> I guess once i am comfortable with CVS i can seek your advice on this.

ACK.

> >What languages do you speak? Indian and english? South African,
> >too?
> Just for your information, I speak English, Hindi(which is my native 
> language) and also i can speak a bit of Japanese. No, i don't speak any 
> African languages because English is widely spoken here and thus i never 
> felt the need to go for it :-)

So please take a look at the CVS: In "layout" is a directory called
language. Here are language files actually for german and english.
If you want, make our program compatible with more languages. Add a
directory called hindi, copy all files in english to hindi an edit
them. So hindi speaking people can see the surface of the programm
in their language. 

> >But if you translate, please change options/main.php and add the
> >language. The language dir _must_ have the same name as the
> >addition in options/main.php.
> 
> M cool with that. But like i said earlier, i would start playing with these 
> things once am comfortable with CVS. Perhaps if you can help me there with 
> a few examples,which are at least good enough to get me going at this 
> stage, it will be great.

I will. Just ask me questions and I try to answer.

> PS:Also i suggest one thing, it will be a better idea for us to correspond 
> on the PSA mailing lists so that every1 in the team knows what's going on !!

Good idea. Follow-Up to psa...@so.... I send this mail
via psa-users.

Regards Udo

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