Sorry I can't help - but wanted to thank you for that email in my inbox - I've been there with Drupal an that ha me laughing out loud!
Good luck! ---------------------- Bert Grantges Coming to you from my iPhone. Strange words to be expected. On Apr 10, 2012, at 11:59 AM, Doug Boude <[email protected]> wrote: > Having managed to avoid dealing with any PHP-based CMS products up until now, > and after having spent 4 hours last night attempting to extract meaningful > data from a Drupal database, I am now convinced that it was designed by an > alien race whose idea of data normalization is exponentially beyond the > extreme. I'm attempting to "beam" a client's data out of Drupal and into a > database schema that's more human. Being no whimp when it comes to SQL, I > figured I'd just go in the back door, figure out how the tables relate real > quick, and write some extraction queries. I ended up being bent over a log by > Drupal and squeeling like a pig for quite a while instead. So I decided I'd > go through the front door and see what options existed. Such a strange > animal...allowing me to export views, and create multiple types of views for > a given page (as I understood it), but I was never able, again, to extract > anything meaningful. What I finally discovered though was that I could create > an XML view, complete with filters and relationships defined between the > data! "Ah, sweet jeebus!" I said to myself, "I'm almost there!". But alas, I > could not manage to get an XML view set up that provided me the kind of > hierarchical output that I envisioned and needed. > > SO...is there anybody out there who knows exactly what I'm talking about who > is willing to spend an hour or two helping me create the XML view(s) needed > for me to extract my data from this dreaded Drupal??? I'll pay. > > Please respond to me off-group if you're interested or just want to make fun > of me or want to weep openly with me because you've endured the same > demeaning experience before. > > I need to go take a long shower now. > > Doug > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
