FW: [PHP-WIN] Church Database

> 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@grandecom.net] > > Sent: October 15, 2004 10:51 > > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] 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 > > > > >