[CS-FSLUG] Database Review Request

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great! The more minds, the better.

--Kevin

2008/10/2 Don Parris <parrisdc at gmail.com>:
> Hi Tim,
>
> I remember you - long time no 'see'!  How's the missionary support biz?  I'm
> in no real hurry - I have a loooong ways to go yet - but I am reviving
> CHADDB under a new name - 'Ekklesia', and working on a Python/PostGreSQL
> toolset.  I am currently working on a console front-end while I learn the
> basics of programming, and will eventually develop additional (GUI, web)
> front-ends (all of which *should* be independent of each other).  I suspect
> I'm probably a good year out yet from anything really useful - mainly
> because of my learning curve.  I don't know though - looking at my old
> Python console code from 2 years ago, I seem to have made more progress than
> I thought I had.
>
> At any rate, that's where I am.  Basically, it's the old CHADDB tables
> revamped.  The local DB gurus I've spoken with seem to like my design, but I
> wanted wider input on it.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Tim Young <Tim.Young at lightsys.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Don,
>> I am one of those Missionary geeks you were probably referring to.  For
>> the last year or two I have been working on a database system for missionary
>> organizations to track their donors with...  One might think I would be a
>> good candidate to look over your database design...  heh heh.  Let me fill
>> in the rest of the information.  I am a network admin who can do some Perl
>> programming, shell scripting, and some C if pushed to it.  I can recognize
>> if a database is somewhat relational, and perhaps help break it down into
>> various "normal forms."  But the main thing one needs to develop a database
>> is a familiarity with the types of data one is trying to track.  And my wife
>> always laughs when I try to do anything with numbers.  She handles our
>> checkbook, calendar, etc.
>>
>> Anyway, I am willing to do what I can, but don't expect too much from me.
>>  Now, I do have some friends that might be able to do a lot better for you.
>>  Which DB project is this?
>>
>>   - Tim Young
>>
>> Don Parris wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I would like to ask a couple of you database gurus if you could take a
>>> gander at a database design for me, with a critical eye.  As I recall, we
>>> have a few missionary geeks around here who might be able to contribute
>>> something to the design.  I hate to say (or even ask) too much, since I have
>>> shelved this project at least twice (three times?) already.
>>>
>>> Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.  I should probably just give up.  But I am
>>> waaayyy too stubborn for that.  ;-)  Anyway, I'll fill in a few more details
>>> for those willing to take a peek.
>>>
>>> ...And please excuse the cross-post.
>>>
>>> Blessings,
>>> Don
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