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<h2>RefDB</h2>
(note: this website is a fossil scm repository, learn more at [http://fossil-scm.org|fossil-scm.org])
... is a tool for storing a three level deep hierarchical key store in flat text files while being able to edit the data with a spreadsheet. The flat files generated by refdb are quite resistant to conflicts on branch and merge in source control tools such as Fossil or Git.
<h4>Motive</h4>
Storing configuration data, test control data and so forth can be very convenient in a spreadsheet but spreadsheets cannot be easily modified in parallel and branched and merged in tools like fossil or git.
<h4>Information</h4>
* [Release Notes]
* [Usage]
* [Accessing the data]
<h4>Installation</h4>
# Install chicken scheme from: www.call-cc.org
# Install the refdb egg: chicken-install refdb
<h4>[Data format]</h4>
Files with extension .dat contain the data for each sheet.
<verbatim>
[column header]
rowlabel value
</verbatim>
<h4>Run refdb for quick help</h4>
Run refdb from the commandline to get quick help:
<verbatim>
> refdb
Usage: refdb action params ...
Note: refdbdir is a path to the directory containg sheet-names.cfg
import filename.gnumeric refdbdir : Import a gnumeric file into a txt db directory
export refdbdir filename.gnumeric : Export a refdb to a gnumeric file
edit refdbdir : Edit a refdbdir using gnumeric.
ls refdbdir : List the keys for specified level
lookup refdbdir sheetname row col : Look up a value in the text db
getrownames refdb sheetname : Get a list of row titles
getcolnames refdb sheetname : Get a list of column titles
To export to other formats; first export to gnumeric then use ssconvert.
e.g.
refdb export mydata mydata.gnumeric
ssconvert -T Gnumeric_html:html40 mydata.gnumeric mydata.html
Part of the Megatest tool suite. Learn more at http://www.kiatoa.com/fossils/megatest
Version: 1.0
</verbatim>
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