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#1 scottdev

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Posted 26 July 2003 - 06:01 PM

Is this possible with OSCommerce? I've never used MYSQL before.

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#2 iiinetworks

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Posted 26 July 2003 - 06:39 PM

Why do you want to use a flat file database? What does that mean to you?

MySQL *is* a database. A flat file would be a different kind of database (actually, what it is saying is that you are going to skip the database altogether and just use a regular file as if it were a database).

You could certainly edit osCommerce to use a flat file for inventory, rather than MySQL, but this would seem to be a lot of work. What would you get out of it?

Good luck,
Matt

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#3 bluephoenix

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Posted 26 July 2003 - 09:29 PM

NO you cannot skip mysql and do a flat file database. Oscommer is built with the mysql database platform as itdatabase engine.
For working with mysql there is myphpadmin that will show you your database visually and allow you to interact with it in a much easier way.
There is also a mod called easypopulate that would allow you to do your database as an excel spreadsheet and then have them interact.
Flat file databases are not really great for e-commerce anyway. Relational databases are better for that.

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