jmbowman | # 21 | 2010-06-08, 12:38 | Report

Ah, looks like I forgot to change the default value string in the column editor when I implemented locale-aware number separators. I'll fix that in the next release; again, you've already found the workaround in the meantime (edit that value before clicking "Done").

XML import is going to stay that way, because it needs to be a well-defined specification of the database content, with no guesswork going on. I plan to improve CSV import and export in the next release with some more options, number formatting being one of them.

I noticed this a while ago, seems to be a Qt bug. It's already been reported.

Gulfv | # 22 | 2010-06-10, 09:23 | Report

Can anyone offer any help please?.....

I'm trying to install PortaBase on my N900. Clicking on the install file in file manager results in the following error:

"Unable to download Portabase Application package not found"

Any offers?

Thanks

jmbowman | # 23 | 2010-06-10, 13:38 | Report

First of all, please let me know if any of these assumptions are incorrect:

• You're running the PR1.2 firmware
• You haven't enabled the extras-testing or extras-devel repositories in the application manager
• You downloaded the portabase .deb file to the N900
• You tried to install the file by opening it with the file manager

If the above is all correct, you're using an uncommon method of installing software on the N900, but it should work (just tested it on my N900). Make sure that you've downloaded a .deb file with "armel" in the name and not "i386"; you should have downloaded this file.

If it still isn't working, then either your downloaded file is corrupt (the browser saved it as text, etc.) or something else odd is going on. You can try installing it from the command line, if you're comfortable with that, or you can enable extras-testing and install it directly from the application manager.

Are other people also having trouble installing PortaBase? It only has one vote in extras-testing so far, which is going to make it difficult to promote to extras...

Gulfv | # 24 | 2010-06-10, 14:42 | Report

Many thanks.....all working now (seems I was using the wrong install file!)

Nice App too!

jmbowman | # 25 | 2010-06-21, 21:28 | Report

A working version of PortaBase has been in extras-testing for the requisite 10 days, but it still doesn't have enough votes to promote it to extras. If there's anybody using PortaBase from extras-testing who hasn't voted on it yet, could you please either do so or report any problems you've encountered so I can fix them? I'm aware of a few minor bugs in the current code, but nothing so far that seems like a show-stopper for a stable release (the worst one is a seemingly-rare crash that was just reported today and I haven't been able to reproduce yet). I'd like to either promote the existing version or gather enough bug reports that it's worth doing a bug-fix release.

jurop88 | # 26 | 2010-06-21, 22:25 | Report

invite accepted, vote casted

robbie | # 27 | 2010-06-22, 08:04 | Report

whats the url for voting again?

jmbowman | # 28 | 2010-06-22, 11:42 | Report

The "package karma" voting links are on the web page for the latest version of a package in extras-testing, which for PortaBase is currently here. For reference, here's more information about extras-testing and the QA process.

jmbowman | # 29 | 2010-08-03, 17:01 | Report

PortaBase finally hit the required number of votes in extras-testing and has been promoted to extras. You can get it from the Fremantle download page, or install it directly from the package manager.

robbie | # 30 | 2010-08-03, 20:06 | Report

Congratulations. I'm not using the app daily but i'm glad that you made it. It's one of those apps that i had on my palm and wanted for my N900. I can recommend it to anyone.