Re: [PHPMyEdit-Discuss] Introduction

[Alex M. <al...@OW...>]

Thanks for the info Ondrej,

I'll consider phpLens if it means that I can do work quickly and therefore 
win more contracts....

The fact that the project had no activity since Feb 2002 is a bit worrying. 
Is it because you need more people contributing code and docs....?



> > Does phpMyEdit cope with complicated data types, enumerated data types
> > such as reference datatypes?
>
>         Sorry, can you be more descriptive? I do not understand this.
>However, phpMyEdit can properly handle 'set' & 'enum' datatypes and do
>simple 1:N table lookups. M:N table lookup are on the long term.


That is pretty much what I am wondering.

> > Can I easily edit the code which phpMyEdit generates and still have those
> > changes if I need to change the database schema?
>
>         Yes. You can even write loader code from scratch without setup code
>generator usage. I'm doing it this way.


Loader code? this must be PHP terminology I am unfamiliar with.

For instance it doesn't look like phpMyEdit comes with any role based 
access control. That would be one of the first things I'd add. I would thus 
need to say something like "This action is only allowable if the user has 
this role" and have that code stay around even if the database schema 
changes and I have to re-run phpMyEdit.

> > Open Source Software Companies please register here
> > http://www.OWAL.co.uk/oss_support/
>
>         Is NGO supporting OSS also coonsidered as "Open Source Software
>Company"? If so, why it should register there?

I am trying to get companies or other organisations who support Open Source 
Software to stand up and be counted. I keep on hearing that the *perceived* 
lack of support for OSS (eg PHP) is the main reason why companies don't use 
it. So we are trying to correct that perception. There are companies out 
there who support OSS software - and my site helps list them.

Alex McLintock








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