Hi,
i'll answer your questions inline:

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:46 PM, lakshmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> This is the first time i am trying to develop a gadget using
> googlegadget APIs.
> I have to create a gadget which takes some data from the user and
> insert that into the local SQl server 2005 database.I Have so many
> doubts!
>  1. is there anyAPI which supports SQL conections?


No, not really, but you can use a local SQLite database in a pretty
organized way. Here's a
tip<http://googledesktopapis.blogspot.com/2008/07/tip-embed-sqlite3-database.html>about
that. But from what i can tell you don't need it to be local. (please
read on)

 2.can we, by any chance include any other file (except, .js or .XML
> files)in the project.


Yes. The simpler gadgets usually have a main.xml which defines the interface
and a main.js. You can have as many .js files you want (within reason :). Be
careful though, all these answers apply only to Google Desktop gadgets, not
to iGoogle gadgets; just mentioned to be sure there isn't any confusion..


>
>  3.how do i connect my gadget to the database?


I wrote an article about this, it's about to go live, but until then
here<http://teodorfilimon.com/articles/Gadget-Usage-Stats/Gadget-Usage-Stats.htm>'s
an unpublished version.


>
>  4.How to call a webservice from javascript ?as i could find no other
> option!


You can do this through the XMLHttpRequest object. This
article<http://code.google.com/apis/desktop/articles/e9.html>should
help. Javascript is basically the recommended way of programming a
Google Desktop gadget. The API is growing pretty much lately and it has a
variety of functions. You can check out the API
reference<http://code.google.com/apis/desktop/docs/gadget_apiref.html>
.

I hope this helps,
Teo

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