Changing to a Database

Antar Bolaeisk

Antar Bolaeisk

Antar Bolaeisk

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Hello all,

I'm looking to migrate http://bit.ly/ocukgamers (essentially a way for us gamers to keep track of who's playing what) to a database from the google spreadsheets it's currently working on, the only problem is I'm not really sure where to begin. I have some knowledge of SQL and can learn whatever else I need on the fly but I'm not really sure where to start.

I've checked out services like Amazon's Web Services but I'm just a little overwhelmed by all the info and I'm not even sure what capabilities I should be looking for. Essentially I'm looking to build a website with all the current capabilities (ie the categorisation of names into separate lists) but with added abilities such as granting users the ability to amend their entries (possibly some form of rollback option in case some idiot decides to mess stuff up for a laugh). I'm not too concerned with logins since there's not going to be any sensitive data stored on there and it's only going to be of interest to the community.

Any info, tips or links to applicable guides would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Antar.
 
php and mysql would be the obvious choice. There's probably more info and tutorials out there about that combination than any other programming/scripting language ever created!

It's pretty easy to get going and will do everything you are intending to do and more. A great framework a friend of mine has just introduced me to is Code Igniter, but imo you'd be better off doing some work from scratch if you've not used php before.
 
Antar, I could probably knock this up for you in php/mysql sometime :) I'd probably tie it into a system with logins, though.

If you want to do it yourself then as people have said, php/mysql is a very simple way to do it, though if you're not that experienced with web coding then you've got a bit of learning to do (shouldn't be hard if you're already experienced in other languages).
 
Hi man,

I really appreciate the offer but I want to do it simply as a learning experience, with the plus side of everything working a little bit better (hopefully). Just doing a bit of reading on php now at the moment and I'm going to start playing with it now over the next couple of days.

If all else fails though I may take you up on the offer :p
 
Have you taken a look at Google App Engine?

Supports web apps built in Java, Python or Go with the use of datastores.
 
Hey Mate,

If you decide to go down the C# MS SQL route I can help and also have hosting available :)

Stelly
 
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