[K12OSN] OT database help

Les Mikesell les at futuresource.com
Tue Dec 6 18:42:45 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 12:13, Peter Hartmann wrote:
> I recently learned that I need to be able to sort users by class.  I'm
> guessing that the best way is to have users in a database?  If I set
> up a table with fields for last name, first name, username, and class
> couldn't I import a csv file into it if the data was in the same
> order?  Or is there a way to sort rows by the data in a column in a
> spreadsheet?  Obviously my office chops are pretty sad.  Any thoughts?

The unix/linux 'sort' command will sort just about anything you can
describe in a text file but the syntax is kind of bizarre.  What are
you starting with for the source of the data and what do you need
to output?

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  Les Mikesell
   les at futuresource.com





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