Re: SQL database and applescript?
Re: SQL database and applescript?
- Subject: Re: SQL database and applescript?
- From: Simon Topliss <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 20:27:06 +0100
Yeah, I've narrowed down the available solutions at the moment to RealBasic,
Omnis Studio or possibly using Filemaker as a front end to the SQL Server
databases.
But, with the ever changing OSX, I'll leave the final decision until at
least until the end of the year when OSX might actually go final!
Simon
On 1/4/02 6:37 pm, "Ray" <email@hidden> wrote:
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I feel your pain. Last year my company switched to MySQL database running on a
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Dell. I gave
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up trying to use AppleScript for the project. AppleScript is great for
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alot-of-stuff, but
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not database fonts ends. I ended up using RealBasic with AppleScripts
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attached. That way I
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got the best of both worlds.
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Raymond Y Newton
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> Consider this a complete and utter begging email. I'd sell my grandmother
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> for an OSAX that can get SQL data from MS SQL 2000 Server without the need
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> for some relatively expensive middleware like MacSQL. This is a massive
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> project for us this year. We are still looking for some sort of solution for
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> OS9 and OSX to enable us to get data from a SQL Server 2000 box into our
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> Adobe Illustrator artworks. This will run on about 80 macs so cost is a
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> major factor.
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> At the moment, the most cost effective solution is XML-RPC or SOAP as we run
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> all the intranet, internet and databases on the very nasty MS Back Office.
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> Mainly because PC developers are easier to find and employ in the North of
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> England. Although I'm trying to push them towards a more mac compatible
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> solution from their end MySQL/PHP/Apache running on OSX.
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> If you require more info, please let me know off list
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> Simon Topliss
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> Systems Developer
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> Sonoco Trident
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