To be able to use a Wiki as a Database we thought we should hack up some Macro. Markus Maier in fact wrote then two of them:

attachment:?GetValues.py
attachment:?GetUniqueValues.py These suppose you organize information in definition lists like:

    Host::: ?SomeHost
    IP::: 182.168.0.1

The definition term is the database key, the definition itself is the value. One Page with such definitions is a database record.

?GetUniqueValues

This macro shows a list of unique definition values from pages

whose names match the given regular expression and
who contain a definition with a certain heading Usage: <a href="/sw/wiki/ikiwiki.cgi?page=GetUniqueValues__40__PageRE__44__DefinitionTermRE__41__&from=TipsAnd%2FMoinMoin%2FDataBase&do=create" rel="nofollow">?</a>GetUniqueValues(PageRE,DefinitionTermRE)

Examples: <a href="/sw/wiki/ikiwiki.cgi?page=GetUniqeVals__40__.__42__Service__44__Host__41__&from=TipsAnd%2FMoinMoin%2FDataBase&do=create" rel="nofollow">?</a>GetUniqeVals(.*Service,Host) might output the following:

        Host    ?SomeHost
                ?AnotherHost
                ?TestSystem

Get Values

This macro shows a list of pages

whose names match the given regular expression and
who contain a definition with a certain heading which optionally has a value matching a certain regular expresion Usage: [[GetValues(PageRE,DefinitionTermRE[,DefinitionValueRE])]]

Examples: <a href="/sw/wiki/ikiwiki.cgi?page=GetValues__40__.__42__Service__44__Host__41__&from=TipsAnd%2FMoinMoin%2FDataBase&do=create" rel="nofollow">?</a>GetValues(.*Service,Host) might output the following:

        . ?FooService
                Host:
                        ?FooHost
        . ?BarService
                Host:
                        ?BarHost