Technical Support Forums

Free, outstanding support from WebAssist and your colleagues

› WebAssist Forums › eCart › eCart General / Announcements › Database

Database

Thread began 1/11/2011 11:59 pm by kleinermitzen420599 | Last modified 1/12/2011 2:39 pm by Jason Byrnes | 3130 views | 10 replies |

1/11/2011 11:59 pm | #1 kleinermitzen420599

Database

I am confused on how a button can dynamically talk to a database. How do I specify which database the "Add to Cart" button will talk to?

1/12/2011 8:58 am | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

when the add to cart button is pressed, it will run PHP code that will communicate with the database to return the selected item.

before you can add the add to cart button to your page, you first need to create a connection using Dreamweaver, In the connection you will set which database is used. You then need to create a recordset, this will select which table in the database is used.

When you add the add to cart from recordset behavior, you will need to specify which recordset it will add from.

1/12/2011 10:28 am | #3 kleinermitzen420599

recordset?

How do I create a recordset? Because the "Look up item ID from recordset" option on the add to cart button is grayed out.

1/12/2011 10:37 am | #4 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

Creating a record set is a very basic Dreamweaver operation. Go to Insert -> Data Objects -> Recordset.

For details on creating a recordset, click the help button in the Recordset interface.

1/12/2011 11:22 am | #5 kleinermitzen420599

how?

I have tried setting a recordset and there is no testing server. Is there a way to set the testing server to run online? Because I don't want to use my computer as a local host.

1/12/2011 11:46 am | #6 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

you do have to have a testing server set up for doing database development in Dreamweaver.

In some cases, it is possible to use your remote web hosting server as a testing server in Dreamweaver, but it really depends on how the host is set up. Some hosts will not allow an outside computer to connect to the mysql server, some require you to register your IP address to be able to make the connection.

though it is _possible_ to use the remote host, I dont recommend it. It would bne much better to set up a local testing server.

1/12/2011 12:42 pm | #7 kleinermitzen420599

test server

What would be an easy testing server program? I have tried xampp. That seems to have a lot of bugs. is there a better program?

1/12/2011 12:54 pm | #8 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

xampp is the simplest testing server i have run across.

I am not sure what you mean when you say it has lots of bugs, i have not run into any issues using xampp.

I have had more issues with trying to configure PHP MySQL with IIS than I have had using xampp.

1/12/2011 2:32 pm | #9 kleinermitzen420599

php

For some reason it isn't running the php scripts. Is there a way to fix this? I turned on Mysql, Apache, and everything else, but php still won't work. Is that a glitch, or did I do something wrong?

1/12/2011 2:35 pm | #10 kleinermitzen420599

also

I'm using a pc with Windows 7. Could there be something wrong because of this?

Build websites with a little help from your friends

Your friends over here at WebAssist! These Dreamweaver extensions will assist you in building unlimited, custom websites.

Build websites from already-built web applications

These out-of-the-box solutions provide you proven, tested applications that can be up and running now. Build a store, a gallery, or a web-based email solution.