Re: Database Applications
Re: Database Applications
- Subject: Re: Database Applications
- From: Gibbons Burke <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 16:06:02 -0500
At 10:20 AM -0400 5/27/02, Steven Woodward wrote:
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I've read about EOF, have no direct knowledge of it, it really sounds like something that would be very useful...The development work I do is probably 80% database oriented. I am looking at some of the open source SQL variants out there but you're right, it would sure be nice to have a built-in technology, especially if it exists and is simply being held back!
For background on EOF (Enterprise Objects Framework) here is an excellent article at MacTech describing EOF and its development from NeXTStep's dbKit, with a bit of historical context on the development of Objective C and NeXT thrown in along the way. It makes for an interesting and enlightening read:
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http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.16/16.05/WebObjects4Everyone/>
Archiving collection objects is no substitute for a database - if Apple had a database engine that abstracted database access issues using standard objects, with drivers (adapters) for individual database back-ends, they'd really have something kick-ass with which they could kick some ass. I can't imagine they don't realize this; there must be bigger political sensitivities (with Oracle, for example) why this capability is no longer included, or technical hurdles they don't want to have to meet and support.
Earlier in this thread, there was discussion of accessing MySQL databases from Cocoa and I remembered seeing on versiontracker.com that someone had written CocoaSQL - a Cocoa-based MySQL table browser, with source code included:
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http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=10887&db=mac>
CocoaSQL's developer's home page:
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http://homepage.mac.com/mxcantor/>
Cheers,
--
Gibbons Burke
Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it. If we do tire of it, if we lose our curiosity, we have lost something of infinite value, because to a high degree it is curiosity that gives meaning and savour to life. [Robertson Davies]
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