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I'm new to MiniVend, but by following the instructions I was
able to install it in just a few minutes on my superb.net hosted isp site.
(Judging by some of the comments, not all isp's so actively support
MiniVend.) Just as easily I switched MiniVend over to mSQL and was
delighted to see how transparently the switch was made; the table created,
populated and became available. Nice work Mike....
However, when I updated (I added an item) my mSQL products,
everything "instantly" went south in a hand basket. I only later
discovered the administrative maintenance menu, which appears to be "the way" to
do table updates.
I am not a Perl person, which gives me some concern about my
use of MiniVend, hence I've been slowly warming up to it's use. I am
however a C person and would prefer to deal with additional features outside of
MiniVend in C using the mSQL table(s) as the interface point. At first
blush this doesn't appear to be possible, given my experience todate, but I
thought I'd broach the subject to see what I'm up against, and whether anyone
else has succeeded doing mSQL table updates outside of MiniVend.
I notice that most folks speak of MySQL. I would prefer
to use mSQL since I have written software which allows me to SELECT, INSERT,
UPDATE, DELETE, REVIEW, etc., any mSQL table with any corresponding HTML form
merely by adding a symbolic link to a single cgi module. Hence I would
prefer not to get into MySQL internals until I've finished my current
endeavors.
Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated.
Regards,
Phil Welch
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