From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Masterson Subject: Re: exported contacts problem Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:24:56 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20190802160236.GR17561@protected.rcdrun.com> <87mugrb7fi.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <20190802213421.GZ17561@protected.rcdrun.com> <875znfaycd.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <20190803103340.GN23820@protected.rcdrun.com> <874l2yxnrs.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <20190803163219.GZ23820@protected.rcdrun.com> <87pnlmvssp.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53003) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hxfDw-0000Bq-9g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:25:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hxfDv-0004Cm-CJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:25:00 -0400 Received: from mail-oln040092013086.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([40.92.13.86]:39417 helo=NAM05-CO1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hxfDv-0004C5-07 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:24:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87pnlmvssp.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (Eric Abrahamsen's message of "Sat, 03 Aug 2019 14:32:38 -0700") Content-Language: en-US List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Eric Abrahamsen Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Eric Abrahamsen writes: > But Org can be an excellent *interface* to those tools, mostly through > dynamic blocks. I've started using small sqlite databases to keep track > of things, and dynamic blocks as sql composers/views, and it works > great. It's very easy to play with the queries, and this is the first > time I'm actually starting to feel comfortable with sql. > > I think in general Org is best used as a compositional tool for data > drawn from elsewhere. What do you think of RDB? It seems to be an old set of Perl scripts derived from /rdb (an older set of Unix shell scripts) that can be used to do basic relational database commands on textual database tables. If it could be translated into an Elisp package, it would fit the Emacs model of open source and easily understandable data storage. It can be gotten via ftp here: cdb.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/distfiles/RDB-2.6d.tar.gz -- David