[Flash] Val and Flash MX

[Olaf Schmidtmann]

Hi Marcus,

I don´t work with ColdFusion but I heard that you can get the data DIRECTLY
into Flash without the POST (sendAndLoad) method you have to use when
working with PHP (but you may be right). 
A linked db would be faster and better. Maybe there is a way: Flash does
support XML streams but this just works for servers only I think. You could
send a XML-query you get a XML-object back. Something like this...
What I think could be gained is:
1) Ease of use (simplistic enviroment)
2) Speed
3) dream: build flash db-apps for on- and offline use

Don´t just say NO :-)

Olaf
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Olaf Schmidtmann
brainbits
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Bointon [mailto:marcus at synchromedia.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:58 PM
> To: Valentina at lists.macserve.net (Subscribers of Valentina)
> Subject: Re: [Flash] Val and Flash MX
> 
> 
> on 22/1/03 15:38, Olaf Schmidtmann at os at brainbits.net wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ruslan,
> > 
> > are you considering to let Flash get data from Val 
> directly? That would be
> > extraordinary and a real killer feature for Valentina 
> because only Cold
> > Fusion can do this (AFAIK). All other dbs (eve mySQL) have 
> to use a work
> > around (eg. using PHP) or XML files.
> 
> Er, doesn't ColdFusion act as middleware just like PHP does? 
> Whether it
> hides the HTTP communications layer in Flash is another matter. Flash
> doesn't have any plug-ins mechanism I'm aware of (like 
> shockwave does), so
> you're kind of stuck with it as is. I don't think there's 
> anything Ruslan
> can do, nor do I think there would be much to be gained.
> 
> Marcus
> -- 
> Marcus Bointon
> Synchromedia Limited: Putting you in the picture
> 
> marcus at synchromedia.co.uk | http://www.synchromedia.co.uk
> 
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