OK I'll rephrase the question. How do I get data from an external application into the OFBiz database?
Do I get OFBiz? In principle I think I do. What I am I trying to achieve right now? Answers to fundamental questions that may or may not encourage me to commit to a 6-12 project customising OFBiz for a specialist client. Kind regards, Andrew Ballantine -----Original Message----- From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 January 2007 20:18 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sharing the OFBiz database. Welcome on the new list (turing machine makes me smile :o) Jacques ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Vaughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Sharing the OFBiz database. > Andrew Ballantine wrote: > > > I realise that I can alter the application to write the customer details to > > the DBMS, but am concerned that OFBiz might have some problems if it has > > been written assuming it has exclusive access to the database. > > The way you ask your question makes me wonder if you really "get" ofBiz. Please > don't take this wrong, and I know this is the kind of thing that sounds bad on a > mailing list but would be fine face2face, but have you really grepped ofBiz? > > I say that because at the root level in my kindergarten appreciation of ofBiz, > the foreign key retraints make sure you don't create evil records or delete > required data, and that everything is atomic at the service level. > > So adding orders to the database externally isn't going to break it. What'll > break first is your mind learning the proper order to load the data into the > database to avoid foreign key restraints. Once you have that proceedure figured > out, then your're gold. > > At the end of the day ofBiz is still a turing machine. Without getting to deep, > it's still just a tool. To most of the world, when you own a hammer, the whole > world looks like a nail. But to 0.0079% of the population, they see a hammer and > think of it as something to throw in order to win gold metals. > > What drew me to the project is that the core committers (to me) seemed to see > ofBiz not as a hammer for just building a house, but a hammer that also could > win gold metals. > > -- > Walter > > > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 15:33 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 15:33 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 15:33 ***************************************************************** This email has been checked by the altohiway Mailcontroller Service *****************************************************************
