Re: Database Access
Re: Database Access
- Subject: Re: Database Access
- From: John Lombardo <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:45:45 +0800
Aside from it's simplicity, REALbasic has one other feature I wish was more
common amongst OO frameworks... The database object. Instantiate it,
specify the DB standard, define the scheme, and BEWM! you've got a
relational database. If only NSDatabase existed outside of my head :o)
Bard
Carla Lewis may have said:
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I've seen you all toss the topic of database access back and forth, but
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no one has ever really addressed it with a resolution.
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My application requires a relational database. I have many, many linked
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fields across many tables. We are a small business and I only have
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about ten thousand customer records to maintain. Currently, I am using
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FileMaker, but it is VERY weak.
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Normally, only one person at a time will be using my application, but
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sometimes as many as five will be.
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I've looked at FrontBase, OpenBase, and others, but I can't pay that
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kind of money. Sure, if I had to drop up to $1000.00 I could twist some
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arms.
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I've looked at mySQL, but I have no freakin' idea of how to actually
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connect to a database using Cocoa. It's not like there's a book on it,
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or even info in user groups like this. Cocoa is new to me. I'd like to
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learn as I went along.
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The only other thing I've seen that looks intriguing is WebObjects, but
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I get the impression it IS the connectivity solution, but it's not a
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database engine itself. I would love for someone to tell me that Apple
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has their own database engine that is still available, but I don't think
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I'm going to hear that.
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Carla Lewis
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Etherion, Inc.
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