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pulling from a database with Spry and Dreamweaver CS3

Hi,

I think i might be missing something, but if I want to have an AJAX-based table with navigation using Dreamweaver CS3 and Spry, I must first create a Spry dataset, but this only gives me an option for XML.

I get it that AJAX requires XML, but any other AJAX elements I've been experimenting with has ways to extract db tables and convert to XML - why wouldn't the creme de la creme application for WYSIWYG softies like me make this a streamlined process?

Any suggestions on a flat or Spry-compatible db-to-XML script that works nicely with everything else Dreamweaver will try to do?

Nitobi widgets, for example, are looking for a database connection and are constructing the XML on the fly from that dynamic data. Trying to get CS3 to do the same thing, but can't find literature or tutorials on this

Thanks

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Hi billium99,

Yeah, I ran into the same problem. I had to adapt/write a little script from the Spry Labs site that produces the XML from a dataset. I've attached it below. Let me know if you need it explained...

<?php
$hostname_conn = "localhost";
$database_conn = "image_gallery";
$username_conn = "root";
$password_conn = "password";
$conn = mysql_pconnect($hostname_conn, $username_conn, $password_conn) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR); 
?>
<?php
// Query the database and get all the records from the Images table 
mysql_select_db($database_conn, $conn);
$query_rsAll = "SELECT * FROM images";
$rsAll = mysql_query($query_rsAll, $conn) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsAll = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsAll);
$totalRows_rsAll = mysql_num_rows($rsAll);
 
// Send the headers
header('Content-type: text/xml');
header('Pragma: public');        
header('Cache-control: private');
header('Expires: -1');
?><?php echo('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'); ?>
<root>
  <?php if ($totalRows_rsAll > 0) { // Show if recordset not empty ?>
  <?php do { ?>
	<row>
		<?php foreach ($row_rsAll as $column=>$value) { ?>
		<<?php echo $column; ?>><![CDATA[<?php echo $row_rsAll[$column]; ?>]]></<?php echo $column; ?>>
		<?php } ?>
	</row>
    <?php } while ($row_rsAll = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsAll)); ?>
	<?php } // Show if recordset not empty ?>
</root>
<?php
mysql_free_result($rsAll);
?>

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