As a first test of the ProcessorTablePick, make this page, and the tables to go with it.

What TablePick allows you to do, is show a database, and allow you to select one or more items from the database, using a simplified view of the data. Once you have done this, the data is marked as in-progress.

You can edit in-progress items to mark them as completed.

This example uses stories from the Old Testament.

Can all this be accomplished with a sequence of pages and existing table technology?

I think so...

Contents: Old Testament Stories Stories we're currently reading reference data data page full view configuration block

Old Testament Stories [edit section]

Here's a view of the table showing only unread items.

Please choose a story to read from the following table: (Specifically, select Edit Table in Place, and change the state of the desired story to "reading")

story  ^	scriptures  ^	state  ^	date_completed  ^
Ezra Rebuilds the Altar	Ezra 3:1-13	unread	na
Jonah and the whale	Jonah 1:1-4:11	unread	na

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Stories we're currently reading [edit section]

When you're done reading a story, mark it as "done" in the table, and fill in the date in date_completed.

story  ^	scriptures  ^	state  ^	date_completed  ^
Daniel in the Lion's Den	Daniel 6:1-28	reading	na

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reference data [edit section]

data page [edit section]

The data for this table is on the following page: TestPickData

You can see the raw data by selecting "Show in raw mode" from the toolbox in the left pane.

full view [edit section]

story  ^	scriptures  ^	state  ^	date_completed  ^
Daniel in the Lion's Den	Daniel 6:1-28	reading	na
Ezra Rebuilds the Altar	Ezra 3:1-13	unread	na
Jonah and the whale	Jonah 1:1-4:11	unread	na
The Red Sea	Exodus 14:5-31	done	2015

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configuration block [edit section]

The configuration block for the TestPickData table is in this section, in a block names PickDataConf

PickDataConf
source_spec=TestPickData
field=state
type=Select
possible_values="""unread
reading
done"""
field=date_completed
type=Text
default_value=na