Re: Database Access
Re: Database Access
- Subject: Re: Database Access
- From: Rich Van Deren <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 08:35:57 -0800
Yea, this is so confusing. my experience is with relational databases,
mostly db2. In the 'old' procedural world.
I have converted my thinking that it is necessary to use objects and
then map to xml and/or relational tables. The objects you create
yourself, then map them to the relational tables.
You need to forget some of what you know. I plan to get DB2 working on
the Mac, but at present it is not available. DB2 has some new XML
features that map XML to relational tables.
I have Apache Xerces working in Cocoa, (sort of, working on some
problems with some of the interfaces), I can map Objective-C objects to
XML elements and back again.
Good luck
On Tuesday, January 29, 2002, at 04:17 AM, jgo wrote:
I've seen you all toss the topic of database access back and forth, but
no one has ever really addressed it with a resolution.
My application requires a relational database. I have many, many
linked
fields across many tables. We are a small business and I only have
about ten thousand customer records to maintain. Currently, I am using
FileMaker, but it is VERY weak.
Normally, only one person at a time will be using my application, but
sometimes as many as five will be.
I've looked at FrontBase, OpenBase, and others, but I can't pay that
kind of money. Sure, if I had to drop up to $1000.00 I could twist
some
arms.
I've looked at mySQL, but I have no freakin' idea of how to actually
connect to a database using Cocoa. It's not like there's a book on it,
or even info in user groups like this...
Apache, PHP, MySQL. Use it from a web interface.
There are some quirks with PHP session management,
but it's pretty slick overall. There are books &
web pages on it, but there are a few twists.
John G. Otto, Eagle Scout, Knight, Cybernetic Praxeologist
Existence, Consciousness, Identity, Life, Liberty, Property, Privacy,
Justice
<http://gosc.nisus.com/~giovanni>
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