Re: WebDNA Feature Request
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2006
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texte = Despite some "rare" bugs (I am serious) WebDNA does everything but we need support for: 1. Major Database support build in. Connect natively to Oracle, DB2, MS SQL. 2. Allow us to print to a PDF directly. 3. Read/write support for XML (the easy way). As long as we can't connect to other systems, WebDNA can not compete with other systems. Flat file is nice and fast, but you can't argue with a CEO and lack of SQL support. Nitai Brian B. Burton wrote: > Well, since you asked so nicely... > > 1) Scrap formulas.db It desperately wants to go live under a shady > tree in a big lawn with fluffy bunnies bouncing around it. We want it > to go there too! > > 2) GREP: much like David Hasselhoff belting out the tunes ( > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3382491587979249836 ) the > built in GREP doesn't quite work. Please fix it. > > 3) NEW TAGS - let's start simple [dumptable > table=blah.tab&type=text/html] displays the contents of the table in > either table delimited format (handy inside a [writefile]) or an HTML > table (all made by webdna of course) debugging tables can be a major > pain sometimes, we need some help here. Want more? just look at > ColdFusion's tag set. > > 4) UPDATE some tags [LISTFIELDS doesn't include table= and I have > some pages that make temp tables dynamically. Of course, the dumptable > command above would eliminate the need. > > 5) DATABASES: Time to acknowledge that it's been a while since 1995 > and update how the databases work... > 5a) add a second line to the .hdr file defining per field in the same > order as the field names, the field type (text/number/date/unique) so > that we don't have to spell it out with each and every search we write. > 5b) this one is harder: add a 3rd line to the header file, defining > per field in the same order as the field names, any relationship to > the same record in another database, thusly "joining" the databases. > > Example: > MyAccount.hdr > MyID (tab) MyAdddate (tab) MyName (tab) Myemail (tab) Mysomethingelse > unique (tab) Date (tab) text (tab) text (tab) text > > MyAddress.hdr > AddID (tab) AccountID (tab) adddate (tab) name (tab) street (tab) state > unique (tab) number (tab) date (tab) text (tab) text (tab) text > (tab) Myaccount.db:MyID (tab) (tab) (tab) (tab) (tab) > > > [search db=myAddress.db&eqMYSTATEdata=CA&ADDDATEsort=1] > [founditems] > [name] [street] [Myaccount:Myemail] > [/founditems] > [/search] > > > 6) PRICING - fix the pricing. PHP is free, coldfusion isn't. You're > not Adobe/Microsoft, and you don't have great marketshare/mindshare. > 6a) scrap per domain licensing, this was never a good idea, and I > suspect it was a hack anyway. Licensing based on sandboxes makes 100x > more sense! > 6b) have a 1 "company" version for idk, $299. A price high enough to > show it's serious, but not so high as to discourage people from coming > onboard. this is limited to 1 sandbox. > > Then have a ISP level which is sold per sandbox, at maybe $50 per > sandbox. (minimum 10 sandboxes per server) Every time I sign up a > customer, I pop over to your website, quick pay for a sandbox, get a > serial number, and can go add that back to WebDNA server and finish > the setup. Perhaps you offer bundles of 10 sandboxes for $350 or > something. it's fair to you (heavy users pay more) it's fair to us (no > steep upfront fee to try to get into hosting webdna) it's affordable > so we can compete against companies offering PHP hosting. > > Of course there will have to continue to be a free developer version. > > > So that's a few ideas, the rest of the list can think of some more... > > > Brian B. Burton > Department of Redundancy Department > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Specializing in website design and development to make your customers > exclaim: > "Out of all the websites I visit, yours is the easiest to use!" > > > > On Jul 8, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Brent Cannon wrote: > >> We hear you and thank you for your patience and continued support. If >> you have any features requests please send to: >> >> Robert E. Elliott >> Vice President of Marketing >> relliott@smithmicro.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Despite some "rare" bugs (I am serious) WebDNA does everything but we need support for: 1. Major Database support build in. Connect natively to Oracle, DB2, MS SQL. 2. Allow us to print to a PDF directly. 3. Read/write support for XML (the easy way). As long as we can't connect to other systems, WebDNA can not compete with other systems. Flat file is nice and fast, but you can't argue with a CEO and lack of SQL support. Nitai Brian B. Burton wrote: > Well, since you asked so nicely... > > 1) Scrap formulas.db It desperately wants to go live under a shady > tree in a big lawn with fluffy bunnies bouncing around it. We want it > to go there too! > > 2) GREP: much like David Hasselhoff belting out the tunes ( > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3382491587979249836 ) the > built in GREP doesn't quite work. Please fix it. > > 3) NEW TAGS - let's start simple [dumptable > table=blah.tab&type=text/html] displays the contents of the table in > either table delimited format (handy inside a [writefile]) or an HTML > table (all made by webdna of course) debugging tables can be a major > pain sometimes, we need some help here. Want more? just look at > ColdFusion's tag set. > > 4) UPDATE some tags [LISTFIELDS doesn't include table= and I have > some pages that make temp tables dynamically. Of course, the dumptable > command above would eliminate the need. > > 5) DATABASES: Time to acknowledge that it's been a while since 1995 > and update how the databases work... > 5a) add a second line to the .hdr file defining per field in the same > order as the field names, the field type (text/number/date/unique) so > that we don't have to spell it out with each and every search we write. > 5b) this one is harder: add a 3rd line to the header file, defining > per field in the same order as the field names, any relationship to > the same record in another database, thusly "joining" the databases. > > Example: > MyAccount.hdr > MyID (tab) MyAdddate (tab) MyName (tab) Myemail (tab) Mysomethingelse > unique (tab) Date (tab) text (tab) text (tab) text > > MyAddress.hdr > AddID (tab) AccountID (tab) adddate (tab) name (tab) street (tab) state > unique (tab) number (tab) date (tab) text (tab) text (tab) text > (tab) Myaccount.db:MyID (tab) (tab) (tab) (tab) (tab) > > > [search db=myAddress.db&eqMYSTATEdata=CA&ADDDATEsort=1] > [founditems] > [name] [street] [Myaccount:Myemail] > [/founditems] > [/search] > > > 6) PRICING - fix the pricing. PHP is free, coldfusion isn't. You're > not Adobe/Microsoft, and you don't have great marketshare/mindshare. > 6a) scrap per domain licensing, this was never a good idea, and I > suspect it was a hack anyway. Licensing based on sandboxes makes 100x > more sense! > 6b) have a 1 "company" version for idk, $299. A price high enough to > show it's serious, but not so high as to discourage people from coming > onboard. this is limited to 1 sandbox. > > Then have a ISP level which is sold per sandbox, at maybe $50 per > sandbox. (minimum 10 sandboxes per server) Every time I sign up a > customer, I pop over to your website, quick pay for a sandbox, get a > serial number, and can go add that back to WebDNA server and finish > the setup. Perhaps you offer bundles of 10 sandboxes for $350 or > something. it's fair to you (heavy users pay more) it's fair to us (no > steep upfront fee to try to get into hosting webdna) it's affordable > so we can compete against companies offering PHP hosting. > > Of course there will have to continue to be a free developer version. > > > So that's a few ideas, the rest of the list can think of some more... > > > Brian B. Burton > Department of Redundancy Department > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Specializing in website design and development to make your customers > exclaim: > "Out of all the websites I visit, yours is the easiest to use!" > > > > On Jul 8, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Brent Cannon wrote: > >> We hear you and thank you for your patience and continued support. If >> you have any features requests please send to: >> >> Robert E. Elliott >> Vice President of Marketing >> relliott@smithmicro.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- eBusines Suites simplified. eContentPark - Enterprise Digital Asset Management free of charge eServices - The complete SupportSuite eSurvey - Online Questionnaire made easy Redakto CMS - Content Management that simply works ComputerOil® AG Neugutstrasse 66 8600 Dübendorf / Switzerland Telefon +41 (0)844 44 55 66 info@computeroil.com http://computeroil.com http://econtentpark.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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