Hey all!
I’m interested in create a business management application with a little flash flare… but I don’t know where to start. I guess I’m just stuck on database interaction at this point. Can anyone point me in a direction as far as database interaction with flash is concerned? thanks!!
and this can work locally right? In my own experience, you have to have php on the web… but I want to make the application work on my local computer only. thanks
You can run PHP locally if you install it locally…
I’ve been reading that I can also just go through an ASP script… do I have to install anything for that?
Yes… if you intend to use ASP, you can use Microsoft’s server IIS rather than Apache. It sucks… you want to use Apache. You can also use an asp module for Apache, but it’s a bit more difficult.
I suggest PHP.
is there something I can use on my local machine and not have to “install” anything? Make everything standalone…
Err… no. WebBrick is the closest thing I know of… you can pretty easily use it with Rails.
ok, so I’m a little confused… I’ve decided to go the PHP route… but I’m not very familiar with MySQL, and I wonder where an Access database fits in? any help in that direction? Thanks
Access is Microsoft’s competition to mysql. You use on or the other… I recommend mysql for many reasons, but if you’re more comfortable with Access, look into the odbc documentation in php.
