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Get data from DB ?
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Hi all,

does anyone know a way to get data from a DB through (I suppose) a JavaScript action of CourseLab ?

I mean something like:
From the excel file (http://myfile.xls), find the row of column 1 where there is the value "rowIwant", and get data in column 4 of this row.

This could be useful for personalizing (from a DB) data displayed in slides.

I'don't know if this is easy or complicated ...

Many thanks for your support
Have a nice day
Andrea
 
It might be easier to get this from an XML file as you then don't need to set up any OBDC on the courselab side.

When using a CD based distribution it has the potential to be a little hit or miss so you also need a graceful failure routine. The local PC needs to access the xls data file locally or remotely and be able to run it locally.

If you use the cd distribution on a network then you can hack the background files to do more or less what you want them to. Find someone good with data access pages and they should be able to do this easily.

Answer is probably but it depends on the environment you are using the module in.
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