Re: DB_MetaReport - Metadata reporting libraries for PEAR

It should work now, something's wrong with that template in phpdoc I suppose. Here's the link for convenience. http://localhost/DB_MetaReport-doc/HTMLSmartyConverter/PHP/ 'njoy, Mark --- Alan Knowles <alan@akbkhome.com> wrote: > Can you post a url for the source? .phps etc. - the > links to the source > in your phpdoc view are broken. > > Regards > Alan > > > > Mark Cotner wrote: > > >Please do bear in mind that, in order of priority, > >ease of use, performance, and being lightweight > were > >the fundamental goals. I also tried to limit > >dependencies to make installation easier. When I > >reviewed packages for use like HTML_Table and Pager > it > >seemed much faster/easier to output my own instead > of > >including a fairly large toolkit. Eventually I can > >make them optional and only include if specified by > >the user. > > > >Thank you for the very thorough feedback. > > > >'njoy, > >Mark > > > >--- Bertrand Mansion <bmansion@mamasam.com> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Mark Cotner wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi all, > >>>I was hoping to get some early feedback for a > draft > >>>library I just posted to PEAR. > >>> > >>>I know some of the variable names don't conform > to > >>> > >>> > >>CS > >> > >> > >>>just yet, but I'm working on that. > >>> > >>>Here's some background: > >>>This is a rewrite of the reporting libraries that > >>>helped us win runner up for MySQL application of > >>> > >>> > >>the > >> > >> > >>>year this year(2004) for submission into PEAR. We > >>> > >>> > >>came > >> > >> > >>>in second behind Saabre's airline reservation > >>> > >>> > >>system. > >> > >> > >>>If you're gonna lose, might as well lose to > someone > >>>like Saabre right? The rewrite should make them > >>> > >>> > >>easier > >> > >> > >>>to use and we hope this PHP community can benefit > >>> > >>> > >>from > >> > >> > >>>this work. Metadata reporting systems are nothing > >>> > >>> > >>new, > >> > >> > >>>but generally they are reserved for commercial > >>>applications. This should represent a significant > >>>improvement for PEAR/PHP for data warehousing and > >>>reporting applications. Feedback is welcome. > Please > >>>send feedback/comments to me at > mcotner@yahoo.com. > >>> > >>> > >>This looks lighter than Structure_Datagrid which > >>might not be a bad thing but > >>there is IMO a lot to do in order to make it > clean. > >> > >>But you should be using HTML_Table for your table > >>generation. Give access to the > >>table (->&getTable()). > >> > >> > > > >Not sure why. Been creating tables a loong time, > not > >so difficult I need a library to do so. > > > > > > > >>Use CSS and class, not <font>, in your HTML. > >> > >> > >> > > > >I'll make it a property so that the user can > specify > >tags they prefer. That way they can better match > >existing site CSS if they like. > > > > > > > >>Use strpos, not eregi. > >> > >> > > > >Guessing you mean stripos . . . good feedback, > willdo. > > > > > > > >>Use str_replace, not ereg_replace. > >> > >> > > > >Again, good feedback. Willdo. > > > > > > > >>If you generate HTML, make it XHTML (use quotes in > >>img tag, end the img tag with > >>/> ). > >> > >> > > > >Doh, missed that. Thank you. > > > > > > > >>Do not redefine PEAR_Log constants. > >> > >> > >> > > > >Again, good feedback. I use PEAR::Log quite a bit > for > >other things, but didn't want to include it just > for > >the constants. Had intended to search and replace > >with my own later and hadn't done it yet. Again, > good > >feedback . . . willdo. > > > > > > > >>Use a Pager package for your pager. Give access to > >>the pager (->&getPager()). > >> > >> > > > >I had intended to give users the option to use > pager > >if they wanted to, but the Pager, Common, and > either > >Jumping or Sliding files combined represent more > lines > >of code than DB_Meta and DB_MetaReport combined. > >Seemed a bit heavy for just a pager. > > > > > > > >>Integrate support for different renderers. > >> > >> > >> > > > >XML and CSV are planned in the very near term and > >templates(likely Smarty) shortly thereafter. > > > > > > > >>At the moment, this does not look as much featured > >>as Structure_DataGrid. Did > >>you have a look at this package already ? > === message truncated ===