topic Instructing Alfresco CMS to use custom tables [Newbie] in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/instructing-alfresco-cms-to-use-custom-tables-newbie/m-p/234521#M187651 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>we're considering adopting Alfresco CMS to realize a portal using as few as possible Java coding. We'd like to understand at a very</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>high level how Alfresco operates transaction on custom DB tables.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A possible scenario could be a web-form which data should be stored on a custom table on submit. At this point we just need</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>to know if Alfresco is able to associate some kind of transaction to a web form, triggering them on some kind of predefined events</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>and if these transaction can be written using some sort of configuration files (e.g. an xml file which defines a particular table</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>on a defined and previously configured db schema); we just want to define transaction and events in a total configurable way</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>without, if possible, implementing interfaces but just using configurations or at lease a well mixed balance of two.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Could you please suggest us a link to a tutorial or to a documentation chapter or any other information that helps us realize</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>tools can Alfresco provide us about this scenario?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Simone</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 May 2010 11:56:03 GMT spulci 2010-05-28T11:56:03Z Instructing Alfresco CMS to use custom tables [Newbie] https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/instructing-alfresco-cms-to-use-custom-tables-newbie/m-p/234521#M187651 Hi,we're considering adopting Alfresco CMS to realize a portal using as few as possible Java coding. We'd like to understand at a veryhigh level how Alfresco operates transaction on custom DB tables.A possible scenario could be a web-form which data should be stored on a custom table on submit. At t Fri, 28 May 2010 11:56:03 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/instructing-alfresco-cms-to-use-custom-tables-newbie/m-p/234521#M187651 spulci 2010-05-28T11:56:03Z Re: Instructing Alfresco CMS to use custom tables [Newbie] https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/instructing-alfresco-cms-to-use-custom-tables-newbie/m-p/234522#M187652 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You are in danger of "barking up the wrong tree" here.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There's probably no need for "custom tables" and certainly not for a newbie starting to use Alfresco for the first time.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Alfresco allows you to model content as objects with associations, properties and aspects.&nbsp;&nbsp; Alfresco will deal with persisting those properties and associations for you and transaction managemnt is not your responsibility.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>And there's a "forms" engine so you can display the contents of a node, edit it and have the system save those properties.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Or theres a large set of remote APIs that allow people to write user interfaces, including web interfaces to interact with Alfresco.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 May 2010 15:07:49 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/instructing-alfresco-cms-to-use-custom-tables-newbie/m-p/234522#M187652 mrogers 2010-05-28T15:07:49Z