Just to throw my two cents in, having done a small-ish project for a local soccer league, PHP website with a MySQL backend, it was a very manageable learning curve, particularly since I had web experience on Windows with ASP, but nothing out of this world. The experience was very valuable and I've gone on to appreciate open source a lot more now! On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:15:43 -0400, Wagner, Aaron <aaron.wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I'm a novice programmer and was looking into using MySQL and PHP to > > implement the system. > > Am I on the right track? > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > That's a good start. If you also put it on an Apache Server > it will all be free as they are all Open Source = Free. > > > Me being a beginner am I going to eat up to much time on my > learning curve? > That's hard to answer, PHP, Apache, and MySQL have GREAT > documentation websites for learning. I program in PHP all > day so it's easy for me, but there is a slight learning curve. > > > Would I be better off paying someone to do this? > Depends on the situation. Would you be willing to take the > time to learn and donate your time? Does the church need > this quickly? On the flip side, If you write the code you > will be familiar and can update and fix it later for the church. > > > Project wise is this a small, medium, or large undertaking. > I'd say Medium because of your learning curve. The code > itself is pretty reusable and small. Your basically adding > data to a DB and retrieving it, no heavy processing. > > aaron wagner > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Ollar [mailto:chrisollar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: October 15, 2004 10:51 > > > To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Church Database > > > > > > > > > I realize this is asking a bunch but here we go... > > > > > > The local church I belong to wants to implement a web based > > > database so that > > > we can track attendance of our various groups that meet > > > outside the church. > > > > > > We want our group leaders to be able to add/delete/modify > > > names and contact > > > information for their particular group members . > > > > > > We want to be able to enter attendance information for each > > > member on a > > > weekly basis. > > > > > > We want to be able to track attendance history for each > > > member so that we > > > can contact folks who might have stopped coming to their group. > > > > > > The church has about 2000 members. The groups can range in > > > membership from > > > as few as 5 to as many as 300. > > > > > > I'm a novice programmer and was looking into using MySQL and PHP to > > > implement the system. > > > > > > Am I on the right track? > > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > > > Me being a beginner am I going to eat up to much time on my > > > learning curve? > > > Would I be better off paying someone to do this? > > > Project wise is this a small, medium, or large undertaking. > > > > > > Thanks to all who respond! > > > > > > Chris Ollar > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- gvalenz@xxxxxxxxx Google Much? -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
