I've been working with Flash in AS2 for quite a while, but so far I've only just worked through the tutorials in Flex. The examples show how to display xml data. Now I need to modify data, add records (nodes), and post changes back to the server.
In one of the examples, the data in an rss feed is displayed in a DataGrid. When you select a row in the DataGrid a detail about the selectedItem are displayed in a TextArea using data-binding. Let's assume that the data is something other than an RSS feed, e.g. a list of dogs at a kennel. So, how do I make changes to the text in the TextArea get bound back to the selectedItem in the DataGrid? How do I add a new item to the data in the DataGrid? How do I push these changes back to the server? I know I'm asking a lot, but I'm itching to get started and I'm just stuck. Thanks!

