tbl1_About_sd

Description

This is the Solutions “About” table for the Solutions Database application. Solutions will compare version numbers in this table with version numbers in the local tbl1_About_sd_local table in SolutionsDashboard.accdb If version numbers do not match, the program will not be allowed to start up. Future Direction: It would be nice to have a single solutions “About” table with a field for the version number of each application, instead of all of these separate tables.

Columns

ID int(11) NOT NULL

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

Version_Number varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

data version number for this application

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

Release_Date datetime DEFAULT NULL

Description

date latest version of this application was prepared

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

share_path varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

this is from before solutions used MySQL. but not quite obsolete yet since SolutionsDashboard.accdb still uses this for images and docs subfolders.

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

database_type varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

obsolete? This was from when we allowed choice of MSAccess vs MySQL databases

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

people_url_prefix varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

When building URL for a persons page, this is used as beginning part of URL and the program will append netid.

Footnote

Recommendation: move this field to a global options table instead of in this table

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

course_url_prefix_undergraduate varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

When building URL for an undergraduate course, this is used as beginning part of URL and the program will append the value of the course’s associated url_reference value from tbl1_Courses table

Footnote

Recommendation: move this field to a global options table instead of in this table

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

course_url_prefix_graduate varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

When building URL for an graduate course, this is used as beginning part of URL and the program will append the value of the course’s associated url_reference value from tbl1_Courses table

Footnote

Recommendation: move this field to a global options table instead of in this table

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

syllabus_url_undergraduate varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

obsolete?

Footnote

I think the intention here was a link to undergraduate syllabi but not sure this was ever used. Comments in code say ‘fill this in when IT has more requirements.’ Not sure the full history. I think the intention of this is now accomplished via the section-specific section_url field in the tbl1_Instructors_ClassesTaught table

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

syllabus_url_graduate varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

obsolete?

Footnote

I think the intention here was a link to graduate syllabi but not sure this was ever used. Comments in code say ‘fill this in when IT has more requirements.’ Not sure the full history. I think the intention of this is now accomplished via the section-specific section_url field in the tbl1_Instructors_ClassesTaught table

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

connection_string varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

not used in data db; only in local about table.

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

last_change timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp() ON UPDATE current_timestamp()

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""

about_notes varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL

Description

obsolete?

Options

display="true", null="true", search="false", type=""