Re: [Phpgroupware-users] Information Management Module

[James Mohr]

Thanks Will and Brian for your quick responses.

I already started using the addresses for things like bank account and 
insurance information. But then I got stuck trying to figure a way to use it 
for something like hardware inventory. Granted, I could create a record for 
each peice of HW or just manufacturer,  then add the necessary fields. 
However, that seem like a real kludge. 

Notes didn't seem to fit as I was looking for something tabular, and not just 
a block of data. The infolog is a great tool, but there is a lot of extra 
stuff that makes it cumbersome to work with (in this content). Also it seems 
like a kludge. 

What I was thinking about was a module where you had a table with, say, 20 
fields of various types (a few data fields, a few char fields, a few tiny 
text, a couple of text and so forth). A second table would define a kind of 
"virtual table". For example, it would contain N+2 fields, with the virtual 
table name and a description, plus the names of the fields within the virtual 
table. (Perhaps it would need some extra fields, but that's the basic idea)

Well, if there is no such thing, I guess I will have to write it myself.

Regards,

jimmo

On Thursday 14 July 2005 18:02, Will Taylor wrote:
> Hello,
> Infolog has the ability to store notes, and I use it to record all
> kinds of information.
>
> - Will
>
> On Jul 14, 2005, at 3:32 PM, James Mohr wrote:
> > Hi All!
> >
> > I was wondering if there was a phpgw module for general information
> > management. For example, I want to store information about:
> > - insurance policies
> > - hardware  (configuration, warranty)
> > - CDs and albums
> > - etc.
> >
> > Is there such a beast?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim Mohr
> >
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