Database frameworks for Cocoa
Database frameworks for Cocoa
- Subject: Database frameworks for Cocoa
- From: Jason Walton <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:02:16 -0500
Hi all,
I've been looking at a cocoa framework for interfacing with a MySQL
or (preferably) PostgreSQL database (server) from a desktop app.
CoreData would be great, but I need a workgroup solution w/ a hosted
DB, not a local DB store.
These are the frameworks I've come across so far:
MacSQL framework from RTLabs
-Commercial license, documentation is a bit sparse and the mailing
lists for it are awfully quiet
SMySQL Framework
-MySQL framework that hasn't been updated in over a year (from what I
can tell) and appears to have limited support for newer versions of
MySQL (4.1+) that have features I would like to use
PostgreSQL Framework
-Also hasn't been updated in over a year. Appears to be pretty
complete, although still listed as in beta. The other problem I have
with this database is that it is GPL-only, and LGPL (or BSD) is a
better fit for the this particular project.
Has anyone had any experience with these or other DB frameworks
they'd like to share? I've played around with the ActiveRecord record
class for Ruby, which is just great. I've considered using the
RubyCocoa bridge for the app, but I've found that when trying to use
all of Cocoa's UI features with Ruby, you often have to jump through
too many hoops for it to be worth it. Also, there's the speed factor.
Ideally, OS X 10.5 would extend CoreData to deal with client/'server
solutions, but I'm not holding my breath and waiting for that to come
around.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Jason
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