Newbie Database Q
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- ********0
I'm not being rude, I tried being helpful. But I'm also not going to waste my time trying to give advice, and help out on a subject you know so very little about to the point you cannot explain what you are trying to do.
I am not saying database design cannot be learned, I am saying however it is going to take some time. You're not going to learn it in a thread you created, haha.
I mean even the terms you are using are complete nonsense because they are specific to what you are trying to do with the data you are working with.
No one knows what "courses" means, and this was the line that made me laugh out loud and make me feel actually sorry for the work you are undertaking:
"no the current db is probably SQL. I think tha tis what its called. "
- redant0
Well no matter what I do Im not so good at remembering all the correct terms unfortunately, but I manage. I am making progress but I often freak out. Courses are courses (training courses). I was just trying to see if the original developer created something different than what i am creating. For a moment I thought I was going in the wrong direction.
I know the developer used asp.net. I have not created a database before, but I believe i can.
- acescence0
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
- redant0
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xml with Spry to organize the data. My boss does not want me communicating with the developer in the other dept as he is very umm posessive of his database I guess. He wants us to handle here in opurselves in our dept. Believe me in the beginning I didnt understand Y I would have to recreate it if it was already done. But I am learning quite a bit and I need to anyway.
- BattleAxe0
I was once like you, in that I had to develop in asp and access , and boy was that fun. I gave this a read and it got me by , it is now outdated, but still practical
http://www.friendsofed.com/book.…
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http://www.friendsof…BattleAxe - sweet thanks!redant
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