[rob]

Wow. It’s really easy to create forms, but I really wish I had looked closer before I bought this because forms are not good without data. There isn’t any database hooks for remote databases? WHAT?. I’ve read about creating a web service and have failed at it miserably. I’m an old desktop developer and need some examples. There isn’t a lot of information about this. If you don’t have any I need a refund. I need a complete solution.

[support-michael]

Hi Rob,

> There isn’t any database hooks for remote databases? WHAT?

Can you share some details about the infrastructure you need to interface with? For example is it an existing database? Are there other applications that already interface with the data…
– the more we know about your starting point the better guidance we can provide.

Also are you seeking to create a mobile webapp, a mobile app (like from the appstore) or both?
– this matters as to the options for interacting with your data services. For example if you only plan to create a mobile webapp then consider using server side scripting technology such as PHP to interact with your database. The approach is similar to developing regular document oriented website but with some optimizations for mobile devices and cellular data connectivity.

[rob]

Smart phone database communication is new to me. I’m currently using an mssql 2008 database located on our web server. I have several pieces of software that have no problem accessing and manipulating the database from anywhere in the world. But for the life of me I can’t seem to find anything about how to do it with Mobione.

Forgive me if this all seems trivial but really, all I need is a simple example with a textbox and a button. You click the button and the phone retrieves one record from a table. Finding a simple example such has proven to be 4 days worth of searching for nothing.
Is there any example? Communication between mysql and mssql will not be much different so either would do. I’m not interested in a database on the phone which seems to be all the examples and even they are not recommended.

I’ve looked into creating a web service but have failed. This software will be for company use and no one outside our company will have it.

Rob

[rob]

Ok. I’ve got the web service running using RESTful. Any examples?

[rob]

I don’t even know if what is coming from my web service is formated correctly. It says it’s JSON but it looks nothing like yours. I’m calling “listallvendors” from url.

{“listallvendorsResult”:[“pcmall”,”office depot”,”Walmart”,”Target”,”Exxon”,”test2″,”testing”,”Juicies”,”ttt”,”BurgerFactory”,”Juicies”]}​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

It seems that I have a large learning curve. Anything simpler I can see to list a listing such as the one above. I like to start out simple and work into harder.

Rob

[rob]

It’s valid.

This is like poking around in the dark with a stick.

[rob]

It’s been 7 days. Do you guys not have someone that can answer a few newbie questions? I need to know how to display dynamic data from a webservice “like the one I listed” in a list using your list widget. I just need a nudge, just a small one to get me going. I’m having trouble with the “very very few” and limited examples you have. It’s seems that all the examples I find have no useful information.

Never mind. 7 days of fumbling around and I finally got it. You guys need to worry about the customers you already have. So, far. I’m not impressed.

[imagolfer]

Hello Rob,

I’ve been looking for the same thing. I actually already have a webservice running that returns data in a JSON array, but I have no clue how to POST and retrieve the information using MobiOne, and of course I can’t find any examples.

Since you finally figured it out on your own, can you give me any ideas?

[aklisiewicz]

I have asked same questions several times and unfortunately I did not get proper answers. The database manipulations either does not exists or it is on so low level, that you have to do everything manually writing scripts. This is not like 4G tool style. I was totally disappointed with MobiOne as far as working with databases. Fortunatyle did not buy it. After 2 months I just stopped by to check if anything improved but from your post it seems there is nothing new, so I’d rather go for some other more advanced tool. Sencha seems to be way much more ahead of MobiOne and the designer seems to make creating forms and grids a snap. I liked the MobiOne concept, interface etc, but the actions behind the widgets, buttons icons etc. are are not what I expected. There is to much of writting the code, customization and basic tasks of data manipulation are on developer shoulder.
I don’t think I will come back to this site again as the tool is missing major features (or the features are to tedious to implement).

Arthur

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