Well, you have to take into consideration the Drupal learning curve ( http://webchick.net/files/open-source-cms-learning-curve_0.png). 4 hours looking at meaningless tables and relations is just part of the "fun" of Drupal =P.
Anyway, for what you are trying to do I would try using the http://drupal.org/project/views_data_export module and export. CSV may be an easier format. What data are you trying to get out of Drupal? - Joaquín On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:07:58 PM UTC-5, Doug Boude wrote: > > Glad my pain wasn't all in vain, Bert! :) > > I was thinking of something more on this subject, though, while I was > making pee pee: I never realized there was a polar opposite of genius, > where the mind is still fully capable of engineering something that > actually produces the desired result, but in such an ass backwards, > convoluted, "mousetrap", anally overcomplicated way. I mean, I knew that > there probably existed such anti-geniuses engineering the motor > compartments of foreign cars...but they exist in software architecture, > too! Thanks Drupal! :) > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Bert Grantges <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 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 >> > > -- 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
