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Re: Anyone want to make a quick $100? I need a simple Applet

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From: Conrad Hoesle-Kienzlen
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 00:00
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Richard,
I would be interested and tried to e-mail you directly but the message
came back as undeliverable because your server "shreve.dot.net" is not
known...
    Conrad

Richard Rowell wrote:

> I need an applet that I will provide a graphical interface to create a
> custom SQL string (Like a SQL "wizard".  The applet need not interface
> with the Database, all I need is a string from it.  It would go
> something like this:
>
> A.  List all the fields, allow the user to "Add" the fields he/she
> wants the query to return
>
> B.  List the included fields, with a free text box beside them
> allowing them to input a parameter string.
>
> C.  A final option to allow the user to format the order in which the
> query will be sorted.
>
> D.  Return a SQL string, or a delimited string Base64 encoded to my
> CGI.
>
> IE there might be three fields, Firstname, Lastname, and Address.  The
> user sais he wants to include Lastname and adress.  Then he free texts
> in by the Lastname field < B, then he chooses to order by Lastname.
> The applet would return the following for me.
>                                      | is the delimeter
> SELECT= [LASTNAME],[ADDRESS]|WHERE= [LASTNAME] < 'B'|ORDER=[LASTNAME]|
>
> Or something similar...
>
> I would prefer that the initial list of fields, and the "return
> address" be specified by me at run time.  As I understand, you can set
> applet properties at run time with JavaScript right?  Or even better
> if I could stick them in some kind of text file for it?
>
> Well, if anyone is interested, please send me an email.  My time
> schedule is tight, If I don't here from anyone in the next 24 hours,
> I'm going to code the whole thing into the CGI program, but I think
> that a quick little Java applet could do it much cleaner.  I could
> code something similar in half dozen other languages in a matter of
> hours, but I don't know the one language that matters on the web...
>
> Please email me immediately if interested,
>
> _______________
> Richard Rowell
> rrowell@shreve.net
>
> Delphi, Perl, C++, Visual Basic, ADA, ASM:
> Not any single language is the be-all end-all of programming.
> Each language does something well, they are all simply tools.
> Successful programmers learn not to use hammers to tighten screws,
> or wrenches to pound nails.
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