By lmarques on
Hi.
One of my webpages will be very simple, it will only do writing and reading on the database.
But i can´t do it, i can´t found no content type able to do that and no modules.
How I do that? The only away is writing php language in the page?
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I'm not sure you will get a
I'm not sure you will get a lot of bites on your question from the many experts on this forum (I'm certainly not an expert). What database are you referring to? The Drupal install creates its own database. Is this the database you're referring to? Are you referring to some external database?
Yes, the one that drupal
Yes, the one that drupal creates. I am using Acquia.
But it is not the same process, external db or not?
The Drupal installation
The Drupal installation automatically connects to the Drupal database... not sure I understand the problem.
It is not a problem. It is a
It is not a problem. It is a doubt. How do I list data from the database in my webpages? How do I write in the database?
example:
I have a table with all the students of my school, I wanna make possible that any teacher can list in the page all the names of the students.
The quick solution: The views
The quick solution: The views module.
The longer solution: spend some time learning how to code modules. Start with the module developers guide in the documentation section of this site.
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Use a combination of CCK and
Use a combination of CCK and Views. CCK will allow you to create a content type with custom fields etc, and Views will allow you to display it (among many other things) the way you want.
I haven't understand a thing
I haven't understand a thing in the complete way, what is a content type?
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Drupal is not a dbms-- it's a cms. You don't, in general, interact with the drupal db directly. I suggest to read up a little bit on what drupal is and how it should be used: http://drupal.org/getting-started/before.