Re: FaceSpan and Databases/Data Storage
Re: FaceSpan and Databases/Data Storage
- Subject: Re: FaceSpan and Databases/Data Storage
- From: Steve Kump <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:29:08 -0800
I think the GTS Library Object Database might be suitable for my needs in
this area.
Steve
On 2/20/03 10:34 AM, "Steve Kump" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Hi List,
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Another quick question to tap into your experiences. Making a little
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application that will store some data - not a lot...about 150 records in one
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"table" and about 500-600 records in another. Each record will contain only
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between 3 - 6 fields.
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Question is this..I'm using FaceSpan 3.5.2 (on OS 9) to build the interface.
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What is the best way to store the data I need to work with? Should I use
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tables, text files, etc? The logic is simple enough that I can script the
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relationships.
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For example, my first table will be "customers", with about 150 max records.
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They will each have up to 4 related records in the "preferences" table. The
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"customer" table is very very simple - just "name" and "ID" and the
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"preferences" table will have 6 fields.
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I am not very familiar with FaceSpan or the variety of scripting additions or
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tools that might provide a means to store this data reliably. I did read that
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FaceSpan storage items should not be used for volatile data...so what is the
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alternative for a very lightweight storage tool. I don't want to introduce
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FileMaker if I can avoid it.
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If anyone could offer some ideas, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks,
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Steve
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