Thanks for the positive feedback guys. I had a reason to finally re-factor the star-schema code I have into something re-usable a few weeks ago and decided it was time to publish it. If you have any problems with the code drop a comment at the bakery and I will check back there from time to time.
On Jun 10, 9:52 pm, Brendon Kozlowski <[email protected]> wrote: > YAY!~ I'm super glad I checked this thread, thanks for asking that > question, codeblade! It made Martin talk about his StarSchema! I was > waiting for that for quite some time when he mentioned it a long, long > time ago. Super useful! > > On Jun 8, 3:19 am, Martin Westin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If you have a good feeling about Cake: Go for it! > > Dealing with complex data relationships is one of the areas where a > > quality framework (CakePHP) will really help you stay sane. > > Associations are 90% automatic once setup. (you might find one or two > > situations where you want to use your own query) > > There are tools to deal with optimizations while keeping things > > readable and structured. > > There are plenty of examples, tutorials and suggestions available > > online that deal with almost any possible situation. > > > Since you mention reporting and analysis I'll be cheeky and point you > > to my most recent article in the > > bakery.http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/starschema-olap-setup-for-rep... > > > This is an implementation of a StarSchema reporting setup for Cake. It > > is fantastic when you need to pull stats from transactional data. It > > would be something you might want to implement in your application > > since the data being analysed will be ever-growing and execs and > > accountants love comparing the last 5 years to the current one and so > > on. > > > On Jun 7, 10:04 am, codeblade <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, I have just started off with learning CakePHP and am loving it. I > > > am assigned to develop an Accounting solution for a medium company. > > > It's supposed to perform the basic accounting tasks, analyse accounts, > > > generate reports etc. > > > > I have played around with CakePHP for like, over a week now with no > > > complains and I think I'd gain confidence in no time. What I would > > > like to know is, how good will the framework be to create an > > > Accounting application with complex relationships and data analysis/ > > > reporting. > > > > I would love any suggestion/advice on using CakePHP to develop an > > > accounting web application and also if there is any similar > > > application written with Cake before. > > > > Thanks in Advance!- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
