Those companies, locations, categories and products... are all node types?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Doug Boude <[email protected]> wrote: > the data i'm trying to get out is a hierarchy of companies, locations, > product categories, and products. I've attempted to use the views data > export module, but couldn't understand what to do with it. That is when I > saw that I could create a view that was XML, and that view could utilize > relationships between the data. XML is just as good for me. Now, if I can > figure out what to do with the myriad of options presented to me when > creating a view!!! > > I like your diagram, by the way. I haven't touched those other CMSs, but > the Drupal graph line...dead on! > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Joaquin Bravo Contreras < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>>> Refresh-Austin@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >>>> Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/** >>>> refreshaustinjobspolicy <http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy> >>>> We do not accept job posts from recruiters. >>>> >>>> [ Unsubscribe ] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> Refresh-Austin+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<[email protected]> >>>> >>>> [ More Info ] >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/Refresh-Austin <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 >>>> Refresh-Austin@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> >>>> Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/** >>>> refreshaustinjobspolicy <http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy> >>>> We do not accept job posts from recruiters. >>>> >>>> [ Unsubscribe ] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> Refresh-Austin+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<refresh-austin%[email protected]> >>>> >>>> [ More Info ] >>>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/Refresh-Austin <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 > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. 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