Thank you for your response. The data is ridiculously small. Just name and personal info and purchase data (monetary only - no cc info).
Mike Sent from my iPad On Sep 17, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Michael Kann <mikek...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Mike, using LiveCode you can complete this project faster than small town > gossip. > > From your LiveCode script call up php_export_script to extract the data you > need. Write the data to a text file and format it the way php_input_script > likes it. > > For the middle database you can modify the php_input_script to save a copy of > the data in your middle database before sending it on to the "official" > database. > > How big are the chunks of data being moved around and how often do they need > to be updated? > > Mike > > > > > > > > Hello all. > > Before I use LiveCode for this project, I am curious > if LiveCode can do it. > > I have two php scripts utilizing MySQL. One is > feature poor and can ONLY export data as a CSV (no other customization > is possible) and the other is feature rich and allows for php POST and > GET and also allows custom tables and fields to be created. > > I need to > create a program where I intercept the data export of one and send > specific field data to the other. > > It has to run in the background and > work invisibly with no actual input. > > Can LiveCode be used to create > such an intermediary program? If not, what would I be better off using? > PHP? Python or Lua? Javascript? > > As another hurdle, I think the client > wants me to create a middle database to hold the data that passes > through for governmental reasons. I need this to be in one program - > Step 1 would be to intercept the incoming exported mysql data (in CSV > format) and place specific fields into the middle database and then > route it to the other script and database. > > Thanks for your help. > > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
