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 22:59:46 -0800
Apparenlty not - doesn't seem to want to work with AppleScript 1.6 or 1.7.
Steve
On 2/20/03 8:29 PM, "Steve Kump" <email@hidden> wrote:
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I think the GTS Library Object Database might be suitable for my needs in
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this area.
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Steve
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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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