Re: FLASH: Data base integration?

[John Dowdell]

At 10:26 AM 2/2/0, Jeremiah LaBresh wrote:

> Does anyone know how to integrate a database with flash.

> I cant find any tutorials on it.


One of the core ideas is that if you can expose your database to a web

browser, then the same interface will be available to other web clients

(like Flash).


There are lots of different databases, running on different platforms, and

various middleware servers that enable realtime web requests for the data.

Usually the choice here is determined by the project's client: how are they

already storing the data? what types of web servers do they have?


In Flash you can make HTTP requests through getURL, or POST, or Load

Variables... there are a couple of different avenues to get the raw data

from the server. Once you get it you'd then need to decide what to do with

it: show it in a text field? use it to drive a movie clip's motion?

substitute in clips of clouds or sun or rain or whatever?


Rephrased, there are different steps involved:

--  how does your database connect to the web?

--  how do you want Flash to communicate with the server?

--  once you have the info, what do you want to do with it?


These separate steps make it hard to have a "one size fits all" tutorial,

because there are *lots* of different things you may start out with, or

want to end up with. If you look at each piece of the puzzle in turn,

though, then it's pretty straightforward to find the most appropriate

solution for each of these different pieces.


jd







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