Originally Posted by Proeliata
So out of curiosity, and sorry if the answer to this is completely obvious--I'm a total newb when it comes to writing addons--is it possible to write an addon that will log in to your site and update your databases with the correct values as you go along? Are there some sort of security sandboxes that prevent you from doing that from in-game? Or is there simply no readily available support for SQL queries/creating a connection to a non-local database?
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WoW does basically operate in a sandbox. You write to the SavedVariables on a log, exit, or a UI reload. Typcially, another utility is then used to extract data from the SV file and do something with it.