RE: FN-FORUM Ecomerce integration with backend software

date posted 8th January 2003 21:20

Drop me a line when you get the info if you want, I spent 2 years doing
this sort of thing for SAP.

Mainly, you'll have problems with:
1. Access to the data. Will the webserver be hosted on there lan, or
will there have to be some way of connecting from a remote webserver to
a app/db server on their network?
2. API? Does the app have an API that you can use?
3. If there's no API, can you go direct to the database. In this case,
you have to make sure that you implement the business logic in your
website code (or stored procs or similar) because you are circumventing
the business logic of the application (e.g. order has to go in orders,
order_lines and audit tables).
4. How can you control transactions.

These are a few off the top of my head. I'll see what else I can come
up with if you want to let me have more details of the actual software.

Darran.

> Not user yet, it is a bespoke piece of software. I sent the
> request off a couple of hours ago for more information on the
> software and expect a response sometime tomorrow. I am just
> doing some early feeder work about what the issues are with
> regards to integrating the website with the software for
> processing orders and providing stock levels,