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Airline reservation systems

What are the best practices & technologies used by airline reservation systems, and are these accessible to developers in some type of pay-per-use model? Probably being naive but I figured if I understood the communication and systems involved I could probably do a better job than some travel agents I rely on. ...

PHP/MySQL Reservation System

I'm currently working on an Equipment Reservation System for my school. Here's basically what my tables look like: tblEquipment: id name description 1 Camera Takes pictures 2 Projector Projects images 3 Stereo Plays music tblEvents: id equipmentID start...

Php/MySql Help needed

I am very new to php and MySql, but I am writing a project for school on ticket reservation. I need help with: creating a table in a db that has specified number of rows and the rows increase by mulitples of the specified number (Example: say I have a table for Bus A that has 15 seats so I want d db table to contain 15 rows but has the...

Hotel Reservation system Database schema

Hi Everyone.... I am about to develop a online hotel reservation system...using php and mysql... I have some doubts about my current database schema and the business logic to get the hotels in which rooms are free between two particular dates... Does anyone know of some kind of tutorial where i can get some idea about the hotel reserva...

Open Source Salon Management Software Suggestions?

I'm looking for a decent open source salon management system to recommend to a friend. I've considered writing a new system in .Net but the website aspect is already covered. What's really required at this stage is an decent reservation and stock management application that I could put in place for them. If there are recommendations for...

Money reservation with First Data API on client credit card

I need to know is it possible to reserve or lock money with First Data API. Actually I don't know if process I am looking for is actually called "reservation", but I am thinking of standard procedure of locking certain amount of money on client CC so that client cannot spend it but I as a merchant, can return money without any cost to ba...

Problem with an agenda/availability query

I have a mysql table with users and their weekly calendar. Every user can set his own availability for the week (morning, afternoon, night / MON thru SAT), and that is not going to change often, almost never. Imagine those users are personal trainers in a gym, or tennis courts you can book... My problem here is to find the right quer...

How does the Hotel and Airlines booking websites work?

Let's say we want to build an online booking website for hotels and airlines.... I'm not sure from where to start... Is there some system I can build my application on top of it or something? Edition #1 Our target is a website like : www.cheaptickets.com ...

What type of technology do airlines use for booking tickets?

I have always been fascinated by the algorithm airlines use when we book the tickets. I am an undergraduate CS student and I am really interested in knowing how this works. For example, how does it figure out connecting flights? How does the fare allocation work? Is it all handled by a single company or each airlines uses its own system...