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I am setting up my own PC Repair Shop and long story short what I want to do is create a database in Visual Studio so I can keep track of everything(Customers, Repairs, Pricing, ect) but I just had the idea of incorporating that into an app as well. I know that sounds crazy but that would be for a situation where I wasn't near my computer, I could just access the database from my phone. I won't have an issue setting up the database, it would just be a matter of could I get it into an app. Is this possible?
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Couldn't you add the database to a server and have the server send the database to your phone through an app that you create or just have it send as an email?
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If I used a server, how would I access the server from an app? And would that give me the ability to update/change/add information to the database or only view what is currently in it? It's just the whole app aspect of it is what has me stumped, the database would be simple.
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CLI wrote If I used a server, how would I access the server from an app? And would that give me the ability to update/change/add information to the database or only view what is currently in it? It's just the whole app aspect of it is what has me stumped, the database would be simple.


You could easily add the database to an app. I don't develop Mobile Applications, but I'm sure there's already something built in for database connecting (If not, I'm sure there is a third party library for it). As for adjusting the files, you could login with a username/password for the database user, then change it from whatever function is in the library or the built-in code!


Anyone feel free to add your opinions to it, I would just think there is a library for connecting DB's on Mobile Applications.
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HawkTheNerd wrote
CLI wrote If I used a server, how would I access the server from an app? And would that give me the ability to update/change/add information to the database or only view what is currently in it? It's just the whole app aspect of it is what has me stumped, the database would be simple.


You could easily add the database to an app. I don't develop Mobile Applications, but I'm sure there's already something built in for database connecting (If not, I'm sure there is a third party library for it). As for adjusting the files, you could login with a username/password for the database user, then change it from whatever function is in the library or the built-in code!


Anyone feel free to add your opinions to it, I would just think there is a library for connecting DB's on Mobile Applications.


That's just it tho, I don't know if there is anything for connecting DB's and mobile together. I mean, I am still going to make the DB anyways, I guess I can just look into an app later on. Would be something really cool if I could do it.
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