[thelist] db-driven ordering system??

At 11:48 PM 5/29/00, Warden, Matt wrote:

> > The RGA system is designed for a dozen or so items, but I need a little
> > more this time.
>
>Really? A dozen? I suppose that's a good niche to be in. Any more products,
>and people would probably go ahead and get them custom-built.

I think you meant "any fewer" and it may seem odd to have only a dozen 
products,
but when it comes to hair care for people losing their hair, how many 
products do
you need?  [site_plug type="commercial"] <http://www.curetage.com/> [/plug]


>I have never used the reasons you stated to NOT use a relational database. I
>have this terrible allergic reaction to un-normalized data stores... and
>flatfiles almost kill me.

Hey, I just figured the flatfile app would be cheaper, and since my pal 
selling hot
sauce is a famous tightwad, and the db is for his site, I figure I'd better 
keep it
as cheap as I can  ;-)

>I would write it yourself. There really isn't much to it. Generally, you
>have:

As the Scarecrow said, "If I only had a brain."

I'm afraid I know nothing about programming, but I guess this would be a good
place to start.  Okay, revised question; anyone know of a fairly simple example
of this which I can examine the script of, and start learning?  No VBS, 
please...
remember, I'm going to be on UNIX, and I don't control the server, but I do 
have
CGI access.  Perl, and, I think, PHP built in.

-Jorah





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