Quick guide
This simple system was built to demonstrate the Database Spider. The Database Spider
allows you to quickly build information systems with minimal coding. First decide
what data you want to hold - I chose countries for this example. Next you pick where
the data comes from - I just used google to find web pages that contained country
information but the data could of come from files, spreadsheets or other databases. Each
screen displays the following:
Main title
- This title explains what data you are looking at. If you are looking at
data on the country France then the title will show all data > country > France.
Clicking Home will take you to an initial screen showing what data
is available on the system. Clicking Country(s) will list all countries on
the system. Clicking France will reload all data on the country France.
Information box
- This shows all information on the current item. If other items link to the
current item then they will be shown on screen. If you want to find where
this data came from or what previous values were held then click details
at the bottom of the screen.
Search
- Typing in a unique identifier or name into the search box and press return
to see what items match. If you've only part of an identifier then all matches
will be shown.
Links
- Under the search box is a list of usefull links: this help page, contact details,
a link for your account etc.
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