I don't if this is the right forum but I need a free application or plugin or module that I can use to pull data from mysql database and present to users on the front end. They reports should be queried by date and/or any other parameter. It should also be exported to at least CSV and maybe PDF.
Any guide will be appreciated. Thanks
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I'm learning programming and creating an app to save all orders and offers that was given to customers. App is pretty simple, but i want to have a feature, that will print a report with data from several tables in database (like customer's personal data, my company data, items that was ordered etc). Unfortunately, I can't find any free module for that purpose - got only PrintDAT, but as far as I know, there is no option to mix data from several tables. Is there any free module, that would work with in this situation? Eventually, I was thinking about creating an HTML document with all the data, but I don't know if there is an easy way to create PDF document from HTML created in Delphi (if this is even possible)?
Thanks in advance.
embarcadero community edition should come with Fast Report VCL and FMX ,
*.pdf reports are possible
more information is here : https://www.fast-report.com/en/news/show/vcl-fmx-community-edition/
I'm helping out with an 3Dcart eCommerce/online store doing basic web administration tasks analyzing their data. Their POS system is manged manually with Excel at the moment, and so updating information has become pretty time consuming. I want to know if it's possible (and if so how) to connect/integrate 3Dcart's database system and be able to use Microsoft Access for the programming in order to be able to merge tables/databases more seamlessly and work more efficiently.
Is this possible? Are their any online resources that show how to integrate Microsoft Access as a POS system (with 3Dcart specifically if possible) or could anyone describe how to do so?
3dcart allows you to import your products using the Import/Export feature from a CSV file. But it seems like there is no way to make it work with Access automatically. Also I've found this service http://www.file2cart.com/shopping-cart-data-import-options/6265-import-excel-to-3dcart
Maybe it will be helpful for you. And finally you can contact these guys Smart POS and ask them for help.
For my Windows phone project (it's a Universal app), I have a set up that has a country and a phone number in one of the page. There are about 7 other pages that requests the user for additional information. But for starters, let's just stick with the first one, that asks for the country and the phone number.
I read through a million posts in Stackoverflow and other websites alike, to know what database system is best to implement with the sort of app I am going to be developing, or hoping to develop.
Here're my findings:
Azure SQL: I have an Azure account and I can use the Azure SQL service to store the user-input data directly to the database (when the app goes live), or while in the testing phase. But I got to know that feature isn't really working well as windows phone cannot readily update the data to Azure SQL, on realtime basis. Is it so?
MySQL: I thought I'd create a local MySQL database, for testing purposes, so as I input the data (in the emulator perhaps), the database saves it. I am unsure how I can implement this. I can't find any article I can read that can help me with this. There are with ASP.net, but it isn't what I am going to be using.
SQLite: I know for a fact the data can be stored locally, by using SQLite, but I could like to know if the locally stored data can be later updated on a server-side machine (i'd prefer Azure SQL, but MySQL is also OK with me). If it can be, i wouldn't mind settling with it. If it can't, what can I do?
It all boils down to this: What's the easiest way to store data entered in a textbox (lol, yeah!) to a database (locally or server-side)?
Your efforts to help me will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
You can stay on Azure SQL if you have an account.
It works fine and it updates database on the go (sends json as far as I remember), so you shouldn't worry about data being stored in a cloud. Moreover, it is super-easy to use it for your needs (store data from textbox).
Azure SQL will get your bootstrap the fastest for your application. There is no need to deploy MySQL or SQLite and managing your DB. There should not be any concern about updating the DB live from the app.
I am working on an app in visual c++ which requires data to be accessed from a database which can be edited so that every time there is a modification to the data I do not have to resend the app as it will automatically update, it is also required that this is a desktop app.
I am currently using MySql however for this to run constantly I will be needing a server which for a single simple app wont really be worth purchasing, so I started thinking of alternative methods and thought to myself there must be some method of reading directly from a website or online database, am I correct in thinking this? If so could someone please explain how I would achieve this?
Also, I have purchased phpmyadmin in the past so if there is any way I could connect my visual c++ app to a database from this then that would be great.
EDIT: Note, this app relies almost entirely on the database as it is just 3 combo box's and one text field all of that values for which come from the database.
The following response is assuming that by online you mean on the web.
You cannot exactly 'connect' to an online database with C++ (or anything outside of that server hosting the database).
What I would do is create some PHP API's that you can POST to with libcurl via C++. You can both send and receive data this way.
I know that there's a lot of posts about that, but i can't find any one that suit my needs.
Here we go: I am developing (newbie dev, of course) an iOS app that is suppose to populate an UITableView with the acquired data from a xml report from a server (mysql and php).
The point is I was able to manually generate the sql report on the server (actually is a wordpress plugin that manually generate and save the report inside a folder on the server) and made the app download it by pointing to the right location of the file (very basic i Know) but is there an easy way of making my app send a request to the server to automatically generate and download the xml?
All the data i must use is inside a database on the server. The parse of the xml is not that difficult and I can handle it. My real problem is allowing the app sending those requests to the server.
Please note that i have no experience in PHP or SQL and have poor knowledgement on that tools so that is what i haven't found any post that suits me as all of them talks in a advanced SQL and PHP language.
All help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance folks!
You'll want to make an NSUrlRequest against a php script on your web server that runs the query and returns the XML as the output. See this link from the Apple guide to get you started: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/URLLoadingSystem/Tasks/UsingNSURLConnection.html
The question is too general to give more specific advice than that you should take a look at the Cocoa URL loading system, or alternatively another networking library such AFNetworking.