Flash Forms and Database Integration

[mushtaq_momin]

Hi All,
Can anyone suggest me a more simple way to integrate flash forms with any database,without using ASP or any other scary programming.All I want is to insert & retrieve data from a database directly from my flash movie.Any example files would be appreciable.

Thanks in advance coz I know u guys have an answer.
love,
mushtaq

[glkngs]

It is not possible to do "without any scary programming". Sorry dude, but flash cannot access a database directly :(

On the upside, there are tons of tutes on the subject out there, so get crackin':tb:

[mushtaq_momin]

thanks dude for the reply.
But I believe that Flash requires a middle layer of "scary programming" if I want to deploy the movie over the web.But if flash is used to create a standalone application, can Flash access database directly?

[glkngs]

No. Flash can not access databases directly. Not at an swf files, not as a standalone exe file.
You can however READ from txt documents and xmlfiles.

[mushtaq_momin]

No. Flash can not access databases directly. Not at an swf files, not as a standalone exe file.
You can however READ from txt documents and xmlfiles.

Reading from files is ok,but my concern is writing to files.Can you insert your variables or output into a txt document?say for example if you`ve programmed a quiz,then how do you save the scores? I hope I`m clear enough.
thanks

[glkngs]

Well, you can use SharedObject to store data on a machine, but only locally.