[flexcoders] Re: Easiest way to connect to mysql?

2005-08-25 Thread pioplacz
That I know cause at the moment I use PHP to output all the data from mysql and show it in XML. But thinking of using some other technology like webservices. But don't really know how to create them? Can you maybe explain a little how is all works and what would be the easiest way to use.

Re: [flexcoders] Re: Easiest way to connect to mysql?

2005-08-25 Thread Tariq Ahmed
Well from a Coldfusion perspective... it's extremely easy. In the Coldfusion administrator you set up a Datasource to your mySQL Database. CF comes with a mySQL driver out of the box, all you do is give it a name (eg mySQLDS), server, port, username, pw, etc... then in CF you make a file

[flexcoders] Re: Easiest way to connect to mysql?

2005-08-25 Thread Jeremy Rottman
If you have never written cfc's, here are a few links that will help you alot. The second link is probably the best newbie cfc tutorial. Also you might want to check out www.easycfm.com. There are tons of people on there who are experts with coldfusion.