Framework required I think?

[jez]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for a php framework to create the CRUD screens based on an existing MS SQL database.

I hoped Symfony would do it, but sadly symfony never seems finished (ie. the full feature set of any given version is not completely functional, in this case, not working with MS SQL).

Can anyone suggest something that would help me get up and running quickly from a DB schema?

 

[ingresman]

I've never used Symfony but it looks like something I should know about! The documentation at

http://www.symfony-project.org/get/pdf/jobeet-1.2-propel-en.pdf

says on page 37 says it uses PDO and supports mssql, are you saying this bit isn't written yet ???.
Anyhow, might it be easier for you to create your own code to create the screens. This might be something many people might find helfull to create some quick boiler plate code.
You might want to have a look at layout managers at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layout_manager

to see if it would be something your interested in doing.

 

[jez]

No, I am not saying it is not written yet.
What i mean by not finished is more like beta, where a given function may or may not work.

With specific reference to the documentation you mention above, yes MS Sql is mentioned but it only mentioned as PDO says it is supported. Symfony itself has not confirmed or denied this.
Although symfony 1.2 is considered Stable, Propel 1.3 is not, and the difference in the new propel version is the use of PDO over Creole. So you see i am more complaining about a lack of clarity in what works, what is stable, what is the right version to use etc etc.

In terms of the code i am going to write, yep i could (and likely will) write my own screens, but this is because i am going to be working with stored procedures making a generic interface very straight forward.

Thanks for the links though, much appreciated.

 

[jpadie]

jez

i wrote a very simple CRUD app based on mysql_ calls. it would be very simple indeed to port this to mssql_ or pdo.

you can find it in this forum or on my website (

http://rathercurious.net/archives/167)