Already asked charlie. He only wants to debug CF issues. My needs are more or a environtment configuration than just CF, but solid CF skills will be needed. He does not want to do DBA, DBDesign stuff. Robert P. Reil Managing Director, Motorcyclecarbs.com, Inc. 4292 Country Garden Walk NW Kennesaw, Ga. 30152 Office 770-974-8851 Fax 770-974-8852 <http://www.motorcyclecarbs.com/> www.motorcyclecarbs.com
_____ From: Dean H. Saxe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:24 PM To: Carbs Sales&Service Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Contracting help guidance. You get what you pay for. I think this is best stated by the productivity difference between a good programmer and a great programmer, I believe it is 10,000 fold or more. A good programmer thinks about the immediate future, a great programmer thinks about the long term consequences of his or her actions. Ther cost difference between them is, of course, not 10,000X, its maybe 2 - 3X. Hire a great programmer. /me looks around for Charlie ;-) -dhs Dean H. Saxe, CISSP, CEH [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? " --Gandhi On May 22, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Robert Reil wrote: I have decided that the only way I am going to get anywhere is to have someone get things set up for me in this shopping cart. I just will never have the time to do this and there is so much DB layout to do also. I just need a part timer - contractor that can set things up, get me on track, teach me how to manage upgrades and go from there but be available from time to time. We are not flush with money but we are very comfortable in the spring-fall months. But we have to get our DB reconfigured. I need to know how I should tackle this. Should I hire a mid level / high level guy, should I hire a guru? I need a real quote on what it would take to prep us for growth. Again the scenario is: MySQL AbleCommerce Upgrade DB table structure to accept more fields without breaking Able. Script MySQL and make a restoration routine to allow upgrades of able (which overwrite some DB structures potentially) to be reconfigured back to the custom mode. Build management of upgrades like SVN etc that will reinstantiate custom internal code to upgrade new Able versions when rolled out. Thats the big picture and my learning curve is too long and I can not afford the time or the chance on breaking our production site to work with these issues. The CF training was helpful now that I know what it is and roughly what can be expected of it. I now have the skills to understand management of the development of an intranet and theoretical functionality of CF and DB's but thats enough to be really dangerous. Can you all help me find the most cost effective solution to get where I need to be as painlessly as possible? Thanks. Robert P. Reil Managing Director, Motorcyclecarbs.com, Inc. 4292 Country Garden Walk NW Kennesaw, Ga. 30152 Office 770-974-8851 Fax 770-974-8852 <http://www.motorcyclecarbs.com/> www.motorcyclecarbs.com
