I'm interested in connecting my Flex App to SQL Server 2005, to trigger a
specific query based on user data, either by passing parameters or via some
other method.

I was wondering if someone could reccomend a place to read more about doing
something like this, or has done it themselves.

M.

More specifically, can I use something like this,

http://www.flextense.net/Documentation.aspx

to create a web service that can link to SQL, that I can access from Flex 3
with some simple code like this ?

<mx:WebService id="name_ws" wsdl="wsdl of your webservice"
showBusyCursor="true" >
<mxperation name="fetch_channel">
</mxperation>
</mx:WebService>

You might be interested in WebORB by the midnightcoders.

Ries

Anybody know anything about FlexSQL?

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchang...&extid=1047889

No, SQLconnect is only available with AIR. In Flex apps, you'll need to pass
your parameters using Httpservice or urlloader to a backend perl, java or
other, then query the db and return xml data to your flex app that you'll parse
and display in your app.

I guess what I'm asking is can FlexSQL or FlexTense act as that back-end instead of having to write Java, Perl or Cold Fusion code

FlexSQL is third party? I didn't realize, thought you were talking about the flex sql libraries.

It sounds cool though, post back if you use this.

It sounded very promising but the weblink just goes to a picture of a pretty
girl, I gather the company is defunct.

Does anyone know anything about Flexible Rails or the approach they take?
What does "Rails" mean exactly anyway?

http://www.flexiblerails.com/faq

M.

So Flexible rails uses Ruby then?

Rails is a framework to build webapplications and uses Ruby as a scripting
language. Both are imho awesome! Some people (or a lot, I wouldn't know...) use
it to quickly develop a backend (with admin) and then use Flex/Flash on the
frontend. The book shows you how to do this, specifically with Flex 3.