Probably should be an XML format for this, or to allow import of (for example) CSV files, which Excel can generate among other apps.
Who's Using "The Pipe Tool"?
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I've been trying it, though I find tobacco cellar to be a little better. I'd be more interested if I could reliably import from either tobacco cellar or excel.
Does anyone know if I can import from P&T Foundations? I'm getting an error
The file Pipe Inventory.csv has been uploadedSQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1048 Column 'name' cannot be null
Any advice?
Thanks,
Lou
The file Pipe Inventory.csv has been uploadedSQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1048 Column 'name' cannot be null
Any advice?
Thanks,
Lou
I thought it might be an interesting way to keep track of my pipe accumulation so I signed up. I ran into roadblocks with my very first pipe. The first field is for pipe manufacture and LHS is not to be found on the drop down list of pipe makers. It's a required field, so that ended that little experiment. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I didn't see an "Other" choice either.
Also missing was "Bakelite" for a stem material. "Plastic" is the closest match and it really isn't descriptive enough.
For date of manufacture, it only goes back 100 years. I have two pipes older than that.
I also had difficulty uploading a picture but I think that is a known problem.
So I think "The Pipe Tool" has a ways to go yet. I did leave a communication with my issues. I'll keep checking back.
Does anyone have a Excel or Access template for pipe collectors I could download from somewhere?
Also missing was "Bakelite" for a stem material. "Plastic" is the closest match and it really isn't descriptive enough.
For date of manufacture, it only goes back 100 years. I have two pipes older than that.
I also had difficulty uploading a picture but I think that is a known problem.
So I think "The Pipe Tool" has a ways to go yet. I did leave a communication with my issues. I'll keep checking back.
Does anyone have a Excel or Access template for pipe collectors I could download from somewhere?
@ Tuold, The site is still being beta tested. (basically still working out bugs) Use the Community feature and ask Jason (Pylorns) for wanted features and mention any problems there too.
I am giving it another shot.
On one hand, I am happy to store information collected about my tobaccos. On the other hand, I really believe that the system should know the characteristics of all tobaccos and not ask for manual input. It's way too annoying.
On one hand, I am happy to store information collected about my tobaccos. On the other hand, I really believe that the system should know the characteristics of all tobaccos and not ask for manual input. It's way too annoying.
@ Carver, laughing....It doesn't bother me much, (though it WOULD be nice) I just reflect on the time before remote controls, and it's all good.
I remember the time before remotes...I WAS the remote! lol
I finally got around to entering almost all of my tobacco on the site tonight. It wasn't too bad considering I am rather technically challenged. Just need to list my open tins now and the rest of my pipes and I'm good to go. Should be easy to keep it up from this point on. :
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Let me answer some questions here. First off it's James not Jason.
To clairify, www.thepipetool.com has no affiliation from a once paid for app of the same name out on the itunes store that is no longer supported and has some proprietary database that we have no way of extracting the data or importing.
One of the reasons why I wanted to do a web application was exactly that reason - because far too many phone apps come and go that have proprietary databases that are stored on your phone that you can't access from your desktop computer and when you upgrade your phone you loose all your data on the app. I wanted to create a web app that you could access from your desktop, phone, ipad etc.
You can currently import your cellar from tobaccocellar.com - P&T foundations is something I'm not familiar with - but if you can put your cellar in the same format as tobaccocellar.com export file it should import into thepipetool. Now some have asked about ability to import pipes - that's something we'll be exploring in the future.
The question about having a brand and a blend pre-populate with contents/flavors etc. is something we are currently working on. We have some 6000 brands and blends, so you can imagine its no small task trying to tie all the content together but we did a survey to all the beta users to see what the next large feature request was - and it was just that so its on our docket and we're currently working on it.
To the user who mentioned LHS as a brand - you can add any brand you want to the database by simply typing the name in the box, if we don't have a match, save it anyway and it goes to the admin section where we can approve it for the future. Also Bakelite is being added to the stem material section.
Thanks for the feedback, please keep it coming - submit bugs and feature requests on the site so I can keep track of them, we're continually working on the site and adding new features as we go.
James
To clairify, www.thepipetool.com has no affiliation from a once paid for app of the same name out on the itunes store that is no longer supported and has some proprietary database that we have no way of extracting the data or importing.
One of the reasons why I wanted to do a web application was exactly that reason - because far too many phone apps come and go that have proprietary databases that are stored on your phone that you can't access from your desktop computer and when you upgrade your phone you loose all your data on the app. I wanted to create a web app that you could access from your desktop, phone, ipad etc.
You can currently import your cellar from tobaccocellar.com - P&T foundations is something I'm not familiar with - but if you can put your cellar in the same format as tobaccocellar.com export file it should import into thepipetool. Now some have asked about ability to import pipes - that's something we'll be exploring in the future.
The question about having a brand and a blend pre-populate with contents/flavors etc. is something we are currently working on. We have some 6000 brands and blends, so you can imagine its no small task trying to tie all the content together but we did a survey to all the beta users to see what the next large feature request was - and it was just that so its on our docket and we're currently working on it.
To the user who mentioned LHS as a brand - you can add any brand you want to the database by simply typing the name in the box, if we don't have a match, save it anyway and it goes to the admin section where we can approve it for the future. Also Bakelite is being added to the stem material section.
Thanks for the feedback, please keep it coming - submit bugs and feature requests on the site so I can keep track of them, we're continually working on the site and adding new features as we go.
James
I knew that. I was having a "senior moment".
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