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Re: [mv] minivend and sql, it is not true
On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 09:35:13AM -0700, Daniel Ceregatti wrote:
> ****** message to minivend-users from Daniel Ceregatti <daniel@digitalsavant.com> ******
>
> I can't second this sentiment enough. The minivend documentation is VERY vague! Most people learn by example, not theory. Detailed examples as to how things are done in minivend would be a GREAT resource.
>
> Ben-Nes Michael wrote:
>
> > ****** message to minivend-users from Ben-Nes Michael <miki@canaan.co.il> ******
> >
> > I agree that Minivend need to be more flexible with SQL though my product database is split
> > into 2 tables: products and rank and it work very good.
> >
> > The only big disadvantage in Minived For my humble opinion is the document.
> > PHP3 I learned in 3 days (great documents) while with Minivend im still discovering every
> > day that some of my basic concepts are not true, maybe with more examples it will be more
> > easily.
We've been working with Minivend and Vend for, I think, 4 years and
we are still learning. Running a store is complex. So is running
an online store. But given the proper access permissions, minivend
can do anything with SQL. Who said "easy"?
Really, the simple and sample catalogs are pretty good. Even a simple
catalog with SQL back end implies all sorts of stuff about a system that
would be very hard to document by example.
Anyone who wishes to move much beyond those catalogs needs to
hire a perl/db person or turn into one.
It's highly unrealistic for anyone to expect to find workable code
allowing them to build a multi-level minivend site (as someone recently
asked), let alone documentation for that, how to build your own Amazon,
how to do all of the above on Windows 98 or with an ftp-only account,
etc.... You will be frustrated when you do not get an answer.
cfm
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