avm's Journal: Weekly wibblings

Been a while since I put something in here...and I'm bored....

I'm beginning to think that PHP is the greatest thing since...oh, Linux or something, especially in combination with PostgreSQL (Mysql fans go away! :-P). Due to limitations in our DMS (Dealer Management System, I work at a motorcycle dealer), I have been coding up some bits and pieces to do stuff, and am now to the point where I can begin tying some of them together.

I mainly deal with wholesale to businesses, who generally have part numbers, often request price/availability checks, quotes and the like. Since I'm the only one in my department (hell, I AM the department), anything that can make the client do stuff instead of me is good. Currently I am working on a PHP-based web interface to take orders, do quotes, return discontinued/superceded parts info, and request return authorisations. Now, I have to figure out how to transfer that information from a colocated box to our office LAN, and the DMS. Should be interesting.