dbopm :: Songwriters

Songwriters
	Songwriter Id	Songwriter Name		Real, full, or birth name	Date of Birth		Date of Death		Birthplace	Deathplace
	Songwriter Id	Songwriter Name		Real, full, or birth name	Date of Birth		Date of Death		Birthplace	Deathplace

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Explanatory notes for the Songwriters table columns.

Songwriter Id

Unique identifier of the songwriter. Specific to dbopm.

Songwriter Name

The name by which the songwriter is most commonly known.
For example: Johnny Mercer (full name John Herndon Mercer), Hoagy Carmichael (full name Howard Hoagland Carmichael).

Real, full, or birth name

For example: John Herndon Mercer (commonly known as Johnny Mercer), Howard Hoagland Carmichael (commonly known as Hoagy Carmichael).

Date of Birth

Self-explanatory.

Date of Death

Self-explanatory.

Birthplace

Self-explanatory.

Deathplace

Self-explanatory.

How to use the Songwriters table.

Songwriter Id

Clicking on a Songwriter Id will open a "child" row for that songwriter, showing additional information such as songs written or co-written by the songwriter.
The "child" row may also show a "More..." link, if more information is available. Click on the "More..." link to retrieve the extra information.
Clicking on the Songwriter Id again will close the "child" row.

Pagination

Paging through the data is achieved by the First, Previous, Next, and Last buttons at the foot of the table,
or by entering a page number into the text input box labelled "Page".
The text input box labelled "Page" also accepts the left and right arrow keys to move between pages.

Row Selection

Rows of data may be selected and highlighted to assist in distinguishing items which may be of particular interest.
Clicking on a row will select and highlight that row.
When a row has been selected
- Shift + LeftClick will select a group of adjacent rows;
- Control + LeftClick will enable additional rows to be selected independently of each other.
Clicking on a selected row will deselect that row.

Searching (filtering)

Searching the database is accomplished via the individual column filters at the foot of the table.
The column filters are cumulative, so you can apply multiple individual column filters to combine search terms.
Note that the more complex the search, the longer it may take - although no search should take more than a few seconds.
All searches are case-insensitive.

Sorting (ordering)

Sorting is achieved by clicking on the column headings.
Sort sequences may be cumulative. That is, a simple one-column sort may be enhanced by Shift + LeftClick on one or more other column headings, thus adding secondary, tertiary etc. ordered columns.
The initial (default) sort sequence is alphabetic by last name (ascending, i.e. A-Z).
Note that although the whole name is displayed in the "Name" column, sorting on that column will be done by last name.

Buttons

Songwriter name lookup

This button provides a "lookup" facility, using an autocomplete and "Songwriter last name begins with..." search.

Searches are case-insensitive.

Restore

This button will restore the current data table to its original state, with all filters cancelled and the default sort sequence being reinstated.

Keyboard

Use of the apostrophe.: If you are unable to find an item which includes an apostrophe, you may be using an "apostrophe" character which dbopm doesn't recognise. Throughout dbopm, the "single quote" has been used to denote an apostrophe. On a standard English "QWERTY" keyboard, the single quote is on the same key as the "@" symbol. In technical terms, the character's decimal code is 39 (equivalent to hexadecimal 27 and octal 47).