I've started using Caspio. I was doing really well for a while. Then I ran into a somewhat serious problem. For offenses, many of the reports list several offenses. As the table I made exists now, there is only room for one offense. I need to figure out whether I should add more fields or if I can put them into one field. Also, there are actually several codes that I need a code key for. Originally I put the addresses (including city, state and zip code) all into one field, but now I'm second-guessing that. And the way Caspio makes you enter the time is really pissing me off. You have to put both the date and the time (including the seconds), which makes the date field basically useless. Basically Caspio has been stopped until I find a couple of solutions for minor problems that are causing a huge headache.
In other news, I've experienced my first real (temporary) failure in this class. I called David Nobles today. He was busy. I asked him to call me back. He never did. I sent him an e-mail. He didn't respond. I'm a little surprised because he was so helpful last time. Tomorrow I had planned to be in Boone all day; I want to visit Samaritan's Purse to keep my connections fresh. Even though I have a job now, I eventually want to move back to SP. Then Thursday is Thanksgiving, meaning it will be Friday before I can try him again. And with Friday being the day after Thanksgiving, I'm doubtful that David will find much time to talk. We'll see, I suppose.
Now that I'm home, blogging isn't really on the top of my list of things to do. Thus I'm ending a little quicker than I normally would. I just want to sit and watch the news with my dad. Then, once he goes to sleep, I have to read two books and write two papers before class begins again Monday. This break, the last one of my college career, is already busier than I want it to be.
Hi Chelsea ... I chuckled at your frustration. Did your professor not take the time to teach you about parent and child database tables? It would be foolish to add additional fields. Additional offenses ought to be added as individual records but which are then linked back to the parent table. This is Relational Databases 101 and is pretty straight forward in Caspio once you've learned the product. Who is your professor and how much instruction did he or she provide on the product prior to giving you your assignment? Or was the goal here for you to sink or swim in wading through the online tutorials that Caspio provides on its site? Oh, and yes, you can do interactive map mashups in Caspio. I found the link to the instructions on its support site at http://www.caspio.com/support/yahoo-google-map-mashup.asp
ReplyDeleteOMG we had a similar issue in my class last fall. We ended up switching over to something called Iron Speed. They have a free version if you want to check it out. Hope the rest of your day is good!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the help! This Caspio thing has pretty much been a sink or swim sort of thing ... We just watched tutorials online and went from there. I think I could figure it out, but only a week and a half of class stands between me and graduation so I can honestly say I haven't been exerting a ridiculous amount of effort to learn.
ReplyDeleteSo, just out of curiosity, how did you guys find my blog? It's just for my class ... I feel like it might be confusing to someone who isn't in here every day.
Np! I found you through my daily alerts. Part of our assignment last fall was to read developer forums and blog posts. Our professor recommended Google reader (or alerts). I think they're really interesting, sort of like an online newspaper, so I've kept them going. Congrats on your upcoming graduation too ;)
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