[kwlug-disc] data entry tools on linux

[Paul Nijjar]

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 05:12:28PM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 4:19 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 09:11:02PM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:
> > >
> >
> > My workaround is to use LibreOffice, but not worry about wizards. Just
> > enter data into tables. Make a new tab for each database "table", and
> > manage the relationships carefully myself. If you have this much, then
> > a short python program can use Pandas to slurp in the LibreOffice file
> > and manipulate the schema as you wish.
> >
> > If your schemas are simple then this works okay. If they are complicated
> > then... ???
> >
> 
> That technique, and the use of these two tools, would be a great
> presentation
> for an upcoming talk ...

How about October, when I discuss https://waterlooregionvotes.org ?

Note that I am not really doing much with the Pandas side, so I guess
that is a different topic.

- Paul



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