<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I could probably do it a different way as far as the module is concerned but I just wanted to practice basic DB ops. <br></div>Another topic of discussion would be "when do I need to write code to access the DB"? Not having had too much experience in that area I may be posing a superfluous question. <br>
<br></div>Tony<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Tony <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tony@tony-mac.com" target="_blank">tony@tony-mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr">Exactly the first scenario.I have that book but it doesn't really go into the detail I need. As you say it is a good start. But I need a good finish. <br>
</p><p dir="ltr"> I have created a module with a form which should CRUD (can one say that?) to a table I have defined in the install file. If I could just find some sample code... How to insert (I know db_insert etc but what about the return codes and messages etc etc) . <br>
</p><p>Thanks <br></p><p dir="ltr"><br></p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Jan 13, 2014 3:39 PM, "Metzler, David" <<a href="mailto:metzlerd@evergreen.edu" target="_blank">metzlerd@evergreen.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Not sure what you mean here. Are you talking about writing code using the drupal database API db_query, etc.? If so Drupal Pro Development is a good start.
Perhaps you’re talking about using working with external non-drupal databases? Or something else?
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