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Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database
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Karl Voit |
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Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database |
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Tue, 30 Dec 2014 22:15:53 +0100 |
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* Vikas Rawal <address@hidden> wrote:
> This is, in all likelihood, a crazy idea. Please excuse me for that.
Hehe.
> I often need to get a number of people enter complex survey data
> into a database using some kind of forms. The forms I need are
> fairly complex (with several nested grids, for example). I need
> radio-buttons and drop-down menus-equivalents.
>
> I was thinking if it would be worth it to use Org-mode for data
> entry.
>
> The idea would be something like this. We have a template org file
> that is copied for each survey respondent. The template contains
> “blank” org tables and some source blocks. Responses are filled
> into the org tables, and then the source blocks are evaluated to
> feed the data into the database. You can version-control the whole
> thing so that different people can create these records and push
> it to a centralised git repository.
Never done this.
But if I'd do this, I'd definitely take a look at yasnippet and
using it for default values, dropdowns, ...
--
mail|git|SVN|photos|postings|SMS|phonecalls|RSS|CSV|XML to Org-mode:
> get Memacs from https://github.com/novoid/Memacs <
https://github.com/novoid/extract_pdf_annotations_to_orgmode + more on github
- [O] Org-mode to feed a database, Vikas Rawal, 2014/12/28
- Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database, Marcin Borkowski, 2014/12/29
- Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database, Nick Dokos, 2014/12/29
- Re: [O] Org-mode to feed a database, Vikas Rawal, 2014/12/30
- [O] Conducting end user surveys and analyze data (was: Org-mode to feed a database), Karl Voit, 2014/12/31
- Re: [O] Conducting end user surveys and analyze data (was: Org-mode to feed a database), Ista Zahn, 2014/12/31
- Re: [O] Conducting end user surveys and analyze data (was: Org-mode to feed a database), Karl Voit, 2014/12/31
- Re: [O] Conducting end user surveys and analyze data (was: Org-mode to feed a database), Ista Zahn, 2014/12/31
- Re: [O] Conducting end user surveys and analyze data (was: Org-mode to feed a database), Marcin Borkowski, 2014/12/31
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