Metacard for web applications

[Pierre Sahores]

Sadhunathan Nadesan a écrit :
> 
> | Hello everyone,
> |
> | I am starting to put a page together which will sumarise the current
> | approaches to using Metacard for creating "web applications."
> 
>         Sounds like a good thing to do
> |
> | You can find the start of the page at:
> | http://radio.weblogs.com/0114573/categories/mc/metacardwebapps.html
> 
>         seems to be nothing there yet
> |
> | I'd be interested in an example script showing how to add binary data
> | to a postgreSQL database via database, eg user fills out form on web
> | page, attaches a file and submits.  MC CGI stack receives data, adds
> | file to database.
> 
>         Fair enough, I haven't tried binary data but could probably
>         figure it out for you .. however, why would you put a binary
>         file - a form result - in a database?  Seems like the idea
>         would be to take each field in the form and put into a
>         corresponding field in the data base so you could actually use
>         SQL on the data without having to translate it every time?????
> 
>         Images or sound bytes etc, would be good for a blob type but
>         form data?  Hmmmm.....
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The same advice there. The best starter point about how to link mc to
postgres is for yet the Sadhu's how-to. From it, you will be able to
walk around, even to build webp forms front-ends. You will find usefull
infos about mc and the web in watching at the mc list archives.
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Cordialement, Pierre Sahores

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