Re: [Refdb-users] difficulty with refdba

[Matt P. <mat...@ut...>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 12:23:39AM +0100, Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> Matt Price writes:
>  > mysql -u matt refdb1 -p
> [...]
>  > ... so I assume the problem is somewhere in my refdb set up.  I know
>  > this should be simple, but if someone can help me with debugging &c
>  > I'd be grateful!  thanks,
> 
> Your analysis is impressive. I hope you won't bang your head against
> your monitor after you find out the reason. Due to a change in the
> database schema of the system database I had to rename it to
> refdb. This way you can run a release version and a prerelease in
> parallel if you need to. All you need to do is to create the system
> database as mentioned in the manual, but make sure to name it "refdb"
> (this was announced on the list and is mentioned in the file
> UPGRADING). I apologize for the inconvenience.

gaah, sorry, didn't read upgrading so carefully as I haven't REALLY 
been using refdb the last little while...   
 
So about 9 months ago I was hoping to start a project to make a
web-accessible shared bibliography for use in my classes.  Now, with
the classes mostly already finished...  I'm trying to start
again.  I I've got refdb running now, so I have a somewhat better idea of
how it works...  very impressive, very sophisticated.  I was wondering
whether it's possible to modify the output of getref -t html... I've
looked at the css, that does help.  But mostly I'd like to be able to
remove the ID number & some of the paragraph markings, and to put the
output into table form (each reference in its own row table cell, &
followed by a couple of buttons "edit this reference" "comment on this
reference").  I've written some clumsy php which does this already,
but I haven't got the energy to deal with complex reference types so
it would be way better to use refdb if I can.  

  I just wondered whether there was a straightforward way to do this
  or not...  I suppose it would be possible to parse the output using
  perl or something, but it somehow seems cleaner to be able to choose
  the fields that actually print out...

anyway, hope this question is cohrent.  getting late here!  alles
beste,
matt

> 
> regards,
> Markus
>