I assume you're storing favorites in app data currently? If you want to aggregate information about favorites (e.g. number of users who have bookmarked a particular item, total number of bookmarks, etc.), then yes, you'll need to store favorite information in an external database. While your app will always have access to the application owner's app data, there is no method to query the app data store for all users of a given application. If you use a database instead, you do get this extra flexibility at the cost of finding and maintaining a (potentially costly) database server. Most serious applications do have a database behind them, however.
- Jason On Sep 26, 6:59 am, Nagib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > In my application I want to make favorites visible globally, so both > friends and public can view them. For example, General ranking is the > most accessed link (For friends and public). Is there an existing > method to do this or do I need to use an external database to store > that information? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
