Re: Database Access
Re: Database Access
- Subject: Re: Database Access
- From: jgo <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 04:17:51 -0800
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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...
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
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