Newbie Database Q
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i think you're missing an important link here...
you have your data in the database, and the templates provide a 'view' of some subset of the data.
but then there also has to be all of the business logic in between, the stuff that's inserting and deleting and updating your data, and maintaining the integrity of all the relationships of all the various tables and data they contain.
this is the advantage of using some sort of cms or framework. there is already some kind of data abstraction layer built that handles this stuff automatically. you define the structure of your objects and their relationships, and it handles all of the dirty work.
if you're planning to write this from scratch that's great, you'll learn a lot in the process. but even for an experienced developer it's a pretty serious undertaking and not really necessary to reinvent the wheel if you're just looking to get the job done.
- I understand I did not want to reinvent the wheel. I wanted the developer to create a web service for me so I could use spry to organize the data, but my boss wants us to do it ALL here. He does not want me communicationg with the developer in the other dept.redant