Newbie alert - Creating databases in Lingo

[Zav - Alex Zavatone]

>Hi Zav
>
>>I'm currently trying to get my brain around the process of creating 
>>a database solely in Lingo and don't understand why files are 
>>needed to describe the database.  Hopefully, I can figure out how 
>>to create my first database completely in Lingo.
>
>The general plan of attack is something like this...
>
>Valentina = xtra("VDataBase").new() -- NEW INSTANCE OF THE XTRA
>CreateDataBase(Valentina,"someFilePath",1) -- CREATE DATABASE FROM SCRATCH
>myBaseObjectRef = MakeNewBaseObject(Valentina,"name Of Table") -- MAKE A TABLE
>
>...then your addField stuff.
>eg
>thisField = AddField(Valentina, myBaseObjectRef,"Username",#kTypeString,10)
>
>Is this any help?

Yeah!  That's what I was hoping for.  Whoop.

>There's a listServe thing that's reasonably active. The guys that 
>develop Valentina actively participate. Info is here...
>http://listserv.macserve.net/mailman/listinfo/valentina

Ya, man.  that's how you got my message.  I signed onto the listserv.  :]

`
-- 
- Zav
Now in national syndication.