Ooops, asgallant answered a couple of seconds earlier than me :-). /R.
2011/7/26 Riccardo Govoni ☢ <[email protected]> > If you already have a webserver connected to said database, you could set > up an URL to return the data you need in a specially formatted JSON format ( > See http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/php_example.html ) > and have the Google Chart use it. > > A more complex alternative might be to have your server expose data as > Google Chart Tools-compliant datasource ( > http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/dev/implementing_data_source.html). > There are helper libraries to simplify the task ( > http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/dev/dsl_intro.html) but > you should probably go down this road only if the amount / variety of data > that you have to expose justifies it. > > For most simple cases, simply outputting a JSON version of the data from > your server and coercing them on the client into the format Google Charts > require should be enough. > > /R. > > On 26 July 2011 20:24, GerBen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Colleagues, >> How can I read data from an external database (say, MS SQL Server or >> MySQL) and show it in a Google Chart? >> Thank you. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Visualization API" 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/google-visualization-api?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" 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/google-visualization-api?hl=en.
