Brock wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum for this posting. Being a flash guy,
> it's where I go first.
>
> My boss has asked me to find out about the possibilities of using flash to
> access a database. The end user would have text holders and drop box
> holders for pictures. These would then need to be stored locally or on a
> server and recalled later in the flash program.
>
> I'm not really familiar with ColdFusion, but from what I can tell, it is the
> way for flash to interface with the database. Does anyone have any
> experience with it? Good stories? Horror stories? Is it better than
> something like ASP or Perl? Any suggestions on what program to use for the
> database itself?

"urami_" <runnerHaHaHIHI@HAHAHIHIflashFugitive.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Brock wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum for this posting. Being a flash
>> guy, it's where I go first.
>>
>> My boss has asked me to find out about the possibilities of using flash
>> to access a database. The end user would have text holders and drop box
>> holders for pictures. These would then need to be stored locally or on a
>> server and recalled later in the flash program.
>>
>> I'm not really familiar with ColdFusion, but from what I can tell, it is
>> the way for flash to interface with the database. Does anyone have any
>> experience with it? Good stories? Horror stories? Is it better than
>> something like ASP or Perl? Any suggestions on what program to use for
>> the database itself?
>
> Flash is very basic in that functionality, it does nothing to database ,
> it just load and send
> variable, the whole work still must be done by Middle Ware like PHP or CGI
> or ASP.
> Check :
>
> Different approaches to setting variables in a Flash movie
> http://www.macromedia.com/go/14253
> General technote of getting variable in and out of flash.
> (Using the action Load Variables)
>
> Also , you might like to check this out :
>
> http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/hill20011214.php3
>
> and
>
> http://polar-lights.com/en/
> 2.A. Flash+Databases (PHP and ASP with PostgreSQL, MySQL and Microsoft
> SQL).
> Source PHP+PostgreSQL
> Source PHP+MySQL
> Source ASP + Access .mdb
>
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Urami
>
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