Re: FLASH: Can flash read a database directly?

[John Dowdell]

At 9:02 AM 1/10/1, Colleen Appleton wrote:

> Can flash read and write to a database?


Your movie can ask web servers things, and receive replies as either

URL-encoded text or XML-formatted text, but if there's some database out

there it still needs to have some way to talk to things on the web.


That's where middleware comes in... Active Server Pages, Lasso, ColdFusion,

PHP, handrolled CGI, and so on. These live on the server and can connect a

remote database and a web server.


Which approach to use? Let the backend determine it. If there's an existing

database and an existing web server, then that serves to constrain the

solution set. You can then choose from the middleware solutions available

for that combo. Once you've got a web interface set up for the database,

then it's relatively straightforward to figure out which of the two Flash

web communication methods to use.


Summary: Flash can talk to a database, but can the database listen?


jd






John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US

Search technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/

Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see your

email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options are

available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

flasher is generously supported by...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   flashforward2000 and the Flash(tm) Film Festival

 November 27-29, 2000, LONDON, National Film Theatre


   Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com

-Sponsored by Macromedia, Adobe Systems and Apple Computer

-http://www.flashforward2000.com  or UK tel. +44 (0870) 751 1526

       Register before November 10 and save �200

            http:// www.flashforward2000.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com