Alfresco for CRUD type data management

[derekw]

Hi. Evaluating Alfresco here and I am wondering if this CMS is useful for:

A) Creating data stores. (basically mimicking a database: say a table for dogs, a table for owners and a table for dog-owners that would be related, naturally)

B) Easy CRUD (create,read,update,delete) functionality…. essentially an interface in which we can manage the data that is created in A above. (with certain users/groups having certain editing powers on said data management page)

We're looking for a CMS that allows us to create these data stores without having to do custom DB/interface design.


Thanks

[mrogers]

Yes alfresco will do this.    You can define a "dog" type.  And associate an "owners" type.

However its primary purpose is to manage content, rather than being a DB tool.    And in particular Alfresco may over simplify some of the pure relational database concepts to make it easier for content management use-cases.

[derekw]

Yes alfresco will do this.    You can define a "dog" type.  And associate an "owners" type.

However its primary purpose is to manage content, rather than being a DB tool.    And in particular Alfresco may over simplify some of the pure relational database concepts to make it easier for content management use-cases.

Must have missed this… exactly how do you go about creating data types?

[derekw]

Looking into Alfresco more…

Just not seeing how to create rows of data easily in a table like store.

I see how to create pieces of data (content) with metadata about the item… but this isn't what I'm looking for.

[mrogers]

You don't have to have types with content peroperties, for example alfresco's cmerson type or the DataLists in Share.