# Flash 8 and databases - wondering about this book too **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [October 5, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-and-databases-wondering-about-this-book-too/164865 "2005-10-05T16:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-8-and-databases-wondering-about-this-book-too/164865/1 "2005-10-05T16:39:55Z")
Howdy all 🙂 So Flash 8 is on its way to this office. We had some extra $$ in the budget and even though I only get to use flash for work maybe twice a year my boss okayed the upgrade. Anyway, bossman **really** wants me to learn how to connect a flash front end to a database. I have no clue how to do this. My actionscript skills are marginal, and I am not a progammer - only dabbled in ColdFusion, had a 2 day class on python, have used php for a flash guestbook and downloaded that script from a tutorial - didn’t write it myself. Same with integrating an xml file into Flash - I understand all the tutorials but am shaky writing it myself. ASP - dont’ know what it stands for. .NET what? :pa: Point being - I can look at these things (code) and understand them (sort of) but am not proficient at coding from scratch. SO, I thought I’d get a book. I know there are umpteen tutorials on line but I thought having a book for reference would be handy plus I can get work to pay for it. I found this one on Amazon: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735713820/ref=bxgy\_cc\_img\_b/103-3311933-0772663?%5Fencoding=UTF8](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735713820/ref=bxgy_cc_img_b/103-3311933-0772663?%5Fencoding=UTF8) and it looks pretty decent but my question to all of you is - does it matter that it is aimed at MX2004? Are there differences in Flash 8 in the database connection world that I need to be aware of? Do I need to wait for a Flash 8 database specific book to come out? Got another suggestion? Thanks for any help. :hr: