Re: Light DB Question

FROM : Joseph Jones
DATE : Wed Nov 27 21:51:36 2002

This looks like a good package. I will give it a shot and let you know.

Thanx,
Joe


> From: Martin-Gilles Lavoie <martin-gilles.<email_removed>>
> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:37:03 -0500
> To: Joseph Jones <<email_removed>>
> Cc: Cocoa Dev <<email_removed>>, Mac OSX Dev
> <<email_removed>>
> Subject: Re: Light DB Question
>
>
> Le Mercredi, 27 nove 2002, ` 13:59 America/Montreal, Joseph Jones a
> icrit :
>
>> The tool I am working on is in real need of a DB as a storage
>> mechanism, but
>> I don't want to force my users to install a mammoth DB server for it.
>> Does
>> anyone know if a lightweight relational db engine that can be
>> integrated
>> into an application?
>>
>> Thanx,
>> Joe
>
> A while ago, I made public a small package that does just that.
>
> Based on SQLite, Objective-SQL is a set of classes that provides
> automatic persistence to objects. It has some search capabilities and
> aids for relationships between objects of different classes (aka, SQL
> table).
>
> I have an Source Forge project setup, but for the life of me, I can't
> get the sources up in their CVS server. I think my service provider is
> blocking those ports.
>
> You can download the objective-sql.dmg package off of
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/mouser/
>
> for now.
>
> Objective-SQL is set up to use SQL transport classes. Currently, only
> SQLite (which is included in this package) is implemented, but you
> could easilly define another class implementing the SQLTransport
> protocol and have your data stored onto a different DB, such as
> PostGres SQL, Oracle 9i, MySQL etc.
>
> Here's an excerpt of the read me:
>
> --
>
> What is MObjectiveSQL
>
> MObjectiveSQL is a simple set of classes that provide high-level,
> flexible SQL database storing and retrieval services.
>
> In short, it makes any Objective-C class derived from MObjectiveSQL a
> SQL table that's automatically handled in a SQL database.
>
> New features:
>
> - Reorganization of the source code
> - Transport-neutral architecture
> - High-level classes for even simpler setup and operation
> - Sample code!
>
> Bulk of the features:
>
> - Derived classes are automatically exported as SQL tables
> - Search functions returning NSArray* of your class instances from
> corresponding
> SQL table;
> + Single specific object (first match)
> + Array of objects that match criteria
> + Object ranges
> - Object proxy ID generation and retrieval through NSString category
> (aka, fully relational cross-table references)
> - Per-class (aka, per table) object cache
> - Hassle-free, complete no-download distribution (all you need is
> included)
> - Global, per-table manual object cache
>
> The Objective-SQL package is, regardless of it's smallness, is a solid
> package. I am using it successfully as part of a much larger project.
>
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