How to search through phpmyadmin database and render in a datagrid in Adobe Flex??

I think you've got to take the Flex out of the picture for a sec until you get the backend stuff straightened out first...

This is what I would do...

#1. Set up the database... (Sounds like you've got that done already...)
#2. Create a PHP script that takes an argument and returns the query result back...

Once that part is done, you can go back to Flex and create a stage with textField, button and the datagrid where you call PHP script with the content of the textField as an argument and create a data provider that you get from PHP to feed into the datagrid...

But it sounds like you are basically stuck with the #2 at the moment, and I think you might want to go through some of the tutorials to get that part running...
   http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_mysql_where.asp
   http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/tutorials/sql/mysql_tutorial_selecting_data_using_conditions.php3
   http://www.developerfusion.com/article/3998/mysql-tutorial/7/

CyanBlue

Yup you are right i am stuck at no.2...
Thanks for your advice, i will take a look at those links.. and let you know how it goes!!


:)

Sounds good...  ;)

CyanBlue

Okay so those links were very informative .. thank you!.. Great websites... :D

My problem is working with flex 4 .. i was working with flex 3 previously until i had no choice but to change and use 4 ... (long story short, my windows crashed (virus) had to switch to my mac)

Do you have any knowledge with flex 4 / 3... cause the thing is, in flex 3 when i imported a database into my project it automatically generated something like a search engine. However this does not happen in Flex 4. Have you any idea how i would go about creating this in Flex 4??

Marianne

I am using FlashBuilder 4 but I have never used such functionality before...  Probably that's because I only do AS3 projects in FB4...
Do you have a link to Adobe livedocs which shows such FB3 feature so that I know what you are referring to???

CyanBlue

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=data_3.html

This would be something similar to what i am trying to explain to you!
When importing a database in flex 3, it displays a datagrid , a search function, the ability to delete an item and also to update an item in the database.

All i want to be able to use is the search functionality, however i just don't know how in Flex 4, i don't really know how to use Data Services correctly.

Really appreciate any help you can give on this..
Marianne