"David Griffiths" <cl************@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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To Howard:
Thank you for helping me again.
Are you talking about some kind of database with login and security
features?
Exactly.
or as complex as a relational database back end with a login-protected, client-server front end.
Exactly.
Are you looking for design assistance? Or basic programming assistance?
Actually, both. How can I start coding without any design?
If you're really a beginner, then you need to work with some good books
on the subject, and taking some courses wouldn't hurt.
I am a true beginner who've just learnt something like array,
differnet method of sorting data in an array, or this kinds of really
simple things at school.
If you need helpp designing some kind of specific system, then you
really
need to be more specific as to to what you're trying to do, and what
part
you have a problem with.
Actually, I am required to write a "seating-plan program".
Firstly, I need to collect and store all information of the applicants.
Secondly, I need to allocate them to different table but there're
several allocation rules such as grouping people with the same age
group or the same hobby. And also, the applicants should be able to
amend their submitted information easily. That's all my goal. Hope you
can help me.
-David Griffiths
I can't believe that you need a relational database with login and security
features for a "seating plan" program. It appears to me that this is really
just a one-user program, and that when you say the "applicants" can change
their info, you just mean that there's a way to re-enter the data stored in
a given record.
You most likely just need some input function to do that, and probably a way
to search for the record you want to alter (likely by name).
There are containers (vector, list, etc.) which can help you manage the data
better, but I'd bet that your classes haven't covered those yet.
Your data for each applicant should probably be stored in a single class,
say... Applicant? The members of the class would be their name, age, hobby,
or whatever information you've been instructed to use.
It sounds to me like you really should be speaking with other students about
their thoughts on this design. If you were in class when the assignment was
discussed, most likely you could tell by the current discussion going on
there exactly what the assignment was trying to demonstrate. You just need
to build on the basics you already know, and implement those new ideas that
were discussed. If you're really stuck, the instructor might help clarify
some points.
But you really should do the design work yourself. People here will help
with specific problems with the language, and help work out bugs you have
trouble spotting. But we're not too keen on doing homework for students.
Sorry.
-Howard