August 11, 2009 - 8:30am
custom code
You could write a module that has it's own light weight objects/records in a custom table to maintain the list. That would be lightweight.
Then you could use something like the Table Wizard (http://drupal.org/project/tw) to expose it to views.
Man, I wish I had a reason to write a lightweight record module for drupal (think lightweight versions of nodes).
I have a system which generates one file for each state in the US.
The file name occasionally changes for each state - e.g, it may be Utah.aaa one month, and utahfile.bbb the next month for the state of Utah.
There is one file per state.
I have to maintain that list in Drupal. I know I could create a CCK content type, but that would litter the system with 50 or so nodes, each containing one piece of information. I'd rather have a list of states in alphabetical order, with the associated filename in a text box next to it.
What would be the best approach to write this in Drupal? I can do it in PHP, but I'd prefer to learn the correct Drupal way...
Regards,
Pete.
Peter Connolly
Technical Director
KP Direction LLC
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