http://www.dadabik.org/ Latest news from dadabik.org en Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:02:00 +0100 Hi all,
my ISP has unexpectately changed the PHP version of the server which hosts dadabik.org from 4 to 5. Unfortunately the DaDaBIK forum, based on an old version of Phorum, doesn't work on PHP 5.

I have scheduled for the next week an upgrade of my Phorum installation to the last version so the forum will work again!

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Bye,

Eugenio.

]]> Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:36 +0100 Hi all,
I have developed an additional module for DaDaBIK which allows to generate an OWL ontology starting from the database managed; this is the result of my computer science degree thesis.

At the moment I have just uploaded a zip file containing three files: install.php, footer.php and generate_owl_ontology.php. If you want to try this new module, you can download it and, starting from the last development version of DaDaBIK update the install.php and footer.php files and put the generate_owl_ontology.php in the root folder.
You also need to download and import an SQL version of Wordnet from http://www.androidtech.com/html/wordnet-mysql-20.php and to edit the $wordnet_server_* parameters in generate_owl_ontology.php.

Only MySQL is supported at the moment.

I hope I will integrate the module in the development version and write some documentation soon.

Bye,

Eugenio.

]]> Mon, 3 Sep 2007 16:26:00 +0100 Hi all,
all the forum features which need an e-mail sending (registration, generation of a new password, reply e-mail notification) didn't work correctly due to the lack of a setting required by my ISP; the good news is that now everything works!

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Bye,

Eugenio.

]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2007 17:54:00 +0100 Hi all,
version 4.2 final is now available, the only difference with the previous version (4.2 beta) is that the Rumanian language is now complete.

In a few days I think I'm going to release version 4.3 alpha, which will support the master-detail view.

I think that for version 5.0 the DaDaBIK code will be in part re-written; even the data structure will change, allowing to have a DaDaBIK db, containing DaDaBIK meta data, separated from the DB(s) you want to manage.

If you have any advices about please discuss them by commenting this post.

Bye,

Eugenio.

]]> Thu, 8 Feb 2007 23:22:00 +0100 Hi all,
NULL values are an important aspect of the relational model so I decided not to wait for the 5.x release and to add this feature in this 4.2 beta version. Now DaDaBIK can handle NULL values.

Another feature implemented in this release is the new "is empty" search operator.

Check the change log for the complete list of changes.

Bye,

Eugenio.

]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:07:00 +0100 Hi all,
after almost three months of public beta testing, more than 4000 downloads and several bugs fixed I'm proud to announce the final version of the 4.1 release of DaDaBIK.

This version fixes some minor bugs; check the change log for the complete list of changes.

Thanks to all people who daily post bug reports on the support forum.

Some people experienced problems using DaDaBIK on MySQL 5 with STRICT_TRANS_TABLES enabled; I was not able to replicate the problem, if you have any clues please report them on the support forum.

Regarding my last call for developers, two people wrote me in order to start the collaboration so I hope DaDaBIK will have a new administration interface soon.

Now I'm asking for WEB DESIGNERS: DaDaBIK needs a new, usable and cool interface; send me your proposals: two simple HTML page (one for the record results view and one for the record details view) are OK; the best one will be the new standard DaDaBIK interface. The contest will close on March 31, 2007; more about the rules of the game in the next few days.

For the winner will be a good chance to spread his name on the Web, through this popular piece of software.

Bye,

Eugenio.

]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:04:00 +0100 Hi all,
DaDaBIK version 4.1 rc2 produced a "[08] Error: during query execution." error message during the installation so I have fixed the bug and published a new version, 4.1 rc3.

Bye,

Eugenio

]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:07:00 +0100 Hi all,
a new version of DaDaBIK (4.1 release candidate 2) is available.
This version fixes some bugs, in particular the "Refresh installation" bug and the one about previous and next record links, which didn't work correctly.

Check the change log for the complete list of changes.

Call for developers: I'm looking for someone who wants to join the staff; the goal is the restyling (in terms of layout and features) of the admin section of DaDaBIK, in order to increase usability. I have realised that the admin section needs an update in order to be really usable; to work on this code you don't need to know how the DaDaBIK engine works, it is a very simple programming task. If you are interested, please contact me (eugenio dot tacchini at unicatt dot it).

An RSS feed of this "What's new?" section should be available in a few minutes.

Bye,

Eugenio]]>