1. bassichonda96's Avatar
    Is it possible to create an app to pull data from an online MySQL database? If so, please point me in the right direction. I couldn't find anything in Google really... so I'm turning to crackberry!
    07-17-09 10:00 PM
  2. gregzav's Avatar
    As far as I know RIM doesn't have any sql packages or API's pre-loaded. Your best bet is to search for a J2ME Connector/J or just use PHP and web connections.
    07-18-09 09:30 AM
  3. fbrimm's Avatar
    You might want to start by putting some web services in front of the MySQL server.

    There are several xml parsers available, or you can just parse the xml yourself (all depends on how big your xml file is). I would also recommend you keep the web service to a minimum on only return the data you need to minimize the network interactions.

    fbrimm
    07-21-09 12:28 PM
  4. weizilla's Avatar
    What kind of web services do you recommend? I also have a mysql server I would like to read from. I'm a newbie when it comes to web services though.

    Bassichonda96: what did you end up doing?

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    04-11-10 08:30 AM
  5. daveyem's Avatar
    The simplest kind of service would be to develop a REST based service in PHP which returns XML to the BB. You can then parse this XML on the BB using the SAX api (if the XML isn't too big).
    04-12-10 03:46 AM
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