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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:05:14 +0100
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Subject: Re: native support for url-shorteners and qr codes?
From: bryan rasmussen <rasmussen.bryan@gmail.com>
To: user@couchdb.apache.org
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Hi,

I would just like to say as a couchdb newbie I would like some sort of
show functions libraries...

Best Regards,
Bryan Rasmussen
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Wout Mertens <wmertens@cisco.com> wrote:
> QR generator in Javascript + Canvas:
> http://www.cipherbrain.be/wp/posts/main/2010/05/canvas-qr-code.html
>
> QR generator via Google Charts API:
> http://code.google.com/apis/chart/docs/gallery/qr_codes.html
>
> Either of these is trivial to put in design documents or show functions.
>
> Wout.
>
> On Jan 27, 2011, at 4:21 , Keith Gable wrote:
>
>> That's what I'm suggesting. QR codes can store data that's meaningful
>> in a ton of different ways to different people (URLs, contact info,
>> serial numbers, etc.). There ought to be a QR code function in the
>> client-side JavaScript standard library (I don't use CouchDB for
>> CouchApp functionality so I don't use show functions or anything...
>> not sure how the client does any of that), but it would be up to you
>> to define what goes in it. There's not a "standard" way that CouchDB
>> could output the QR code and make everyone happy.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Nikolai Teofilov <koleto@me.com> wrote:
>>> I am on manufacturing field and I am about to integrated the QR codes a=
s a part of the production system for tracking the URL to the document in t=
he data base that keep information about the product with 2D-barcode scanne=
rs. There is API for generating uuid-s and I thought would be nice to have =
some of the url features as utility APIs integrated.
>>> But actually you are right it is application logic and could be easily =
implemented as a show function in a couchapp.
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> Date: 26. Januar 2011 23:31:04 MEZ
>>>> Subject: Re: native support for url-shorteners and qr codes?
>>>> Source: user@couchdb.apache.org Archives
>>>> Author: Keith Gable
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Benoit Chesneau <bchesneau@gmail.com>=
 wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Nikolai Teofilov <koleto@me.com> wr=
ote:
>>>>>> I'm just curious why not ship couchdb with native support for url sh=
orteners and
>>>> qr codes. This might be very helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>> why native support ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1.
>>>>
>>>> My 2 cents follow:
>>>>
>>>> CouchDB is a database... You wouldn't SELECT QR_CODE() FROM users
>>>> WHERE id =3D '1234' or SELECT BITLY_URL('appid', 'secret') FROM articl=
es
>>>> WHERE id =3D '1234'.
>>>>
>>>> Also, assume that CouchDB is able to figure out the self-referential
>>>> URL for an object. Is that what you want in the QR code? If the
>>>> document describes a person, wouldn't you want the QR code to have
>>>> their contact info in it? Or if you're in manufacturing and the
>>>> document describes a product, wouldn't you want the QR code to have
>>>> tracking information, like what machine made it, when, and so on?
>>>>
>>>> It's application logic - put it in the application layer.. which
>>>> could, in the case of a CouchApp, also be in JavaScript, but it could
>>>> just as easily be your Ruby app or your shell script...
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Keith Gable
>>>> A+ Certified Professional
>>>> Network+ Certified Professional
>>>> Web Developer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Read more=E2=80=A6
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Keith Gable
>> A+ Certified Professional
>> Network+ Certified Professional
>> Web Developer
>>
>
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