DataPlus – Databases for Moodle

Small new feature in the latest DataPlus version available at http://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversions.php?plugin=mod_dataplus, a save and view button that template editors can include to take users to view their record when they’ve inserted it to the database (the default remains the add button that enables the user to add a record and then go to a blank form to add another).

It’s also now possible to specify a label for a cancel button and add a reset button.

The addcancel button type is deprecated and no longer included on template editing menus.  Each button is now separate.  However, templates that include addcancel will continue to work.

Version 1.2.4, for Moodle 2.0,  has completed testing and is now available on the download screen.  There are a number of the bug fixes so it is well worth updating.  It also includes a module setting to restrict the number of records a user can create in a DataPlus instance.

Moodle 2.0 conversion is still ongoing and I am still hoping to have a beta for Christmas, however other work is beckoning so it maybe delayed to the end of January.

DataPlus 1.2 is now available in the downloads section.

New features are –

• Optional commenting on records from the single record view.
• An option to specify a template for add record forms
• A ‘more’ link option to make navigation from view screens to single record views easier.

A new release of DataPlus is due this week with commenting for records, templates for add record forms and a ‘more’ link to make navigation from the view template to single record template easier to implement.  Check back later in the week!

An update to DataPlus to make it more stable, mainly bug fixes but the odd new feature too.

• Users with fulldownload permission can see the usernames of users in csv downloads.
• Imports now disregard user ids if the import is from a different domain (i.e. there is a risk a user might exist in this instance with the same id as one in the originating instance).
• Bug that stopped new databases from being setup correctly, related to ampersands in URLs in some contexts, fixed.

Download here