# REST service for Android to MS SQL Server connection, any better tutorials available?

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/rest-service-for-android-to-ms-sql-server-connection-any-better-tutorials-available/1046>\
**Category:** Client SDKs\
**Created:** [April 27, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/rest-service-for-android-to-ms-sql-server-connection-any-better-tutorials-available/1046 "2015-04-27T17:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![vanamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/47e85d/32.png) [@vanamp](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/vanamp)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/rest-service-for-android-to-ms-sql-server-connection-any-better-tutorials-available/1046/1 "2015-04-27T17:41:01Z")

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My goal is to connect my Android app with Microsoft SQL server to run stored procedures and retrieve and update data.

I am a novice programmer and brand new to web services. I have run through a couple tutorials on building my own web services and could complete the tutorials but never got a good understanding on how to make my own web service that did what I wanted. I have a Dreamfactory Service created and can interact with my DB in the Live API.

I have the android sample app imported into Android studio but this is where I get completely lost. I cannot really make sense of the sample app. My simplified understanding of a web service you send a string to it and returns a JSON or XML result and it seems like there is ALOT more going on then this in the sample app. I successfully created some simple android apps that used a simple web service I created. After spending a couple days looking at this Dreamfactory solution I feel a lot more comfortable with continuing down the path of learning to create my own web service then I do with using Dreamfactory(which as of now is just adding another layer of complication to what I am trying to accomplish).

My Questions:

-Is dreamfactory the right tool for what I want to do?  
-If yes, are there any other tutorials out there that are a little more dumbed down for me? (I would be willing to pay for a good tutorial)

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**Author:** ![jeffreystables](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.dreamfactory.com/jeffreystables/32/173_2.png) [@jeffreystables](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/jeffreystables)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/rest-service-for-android-to-ms-sql-server-connection-any-better-tutorials-available/1046/2 "2015-05-04T19:20:52Z")

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If you’re already to the point of considering coding your own solution, you’re likely already on the technical level of our documentation. The example app has a few basic functions, all of which are simply implementations of the most common functionality, the details of which are outlined in the documentation. Here are a few pages from the documentation to get you started:

[https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core/wiki/Common-Headers-Parameters](https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core/wiki/Common-Headers-Parameters)

[https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core/wiki/cURL-Examples](https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core/wiki/cURL-Examples)

[https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core/wiki/REST-API](https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core/wiki/REST-API)