To MySQL or Not SQL

[Pierre Sahores]

>
> So I'd say, if your project can use client-server functionality now or 
> in the future, do it! Use Chipps altMYSQL lite if it's imbedded. It 
> just works and saves time for other things, like the interface!
>
> SQL itself is pretty easy as a language. It's verbose, self describing 
> and consists of 40 or so commands that all make sense. Sometimes it's 
> almost like Transcript! You usually only need to know a few commands 
> to get a listing or a single record. It's a little more involved to 
> insert and create records, but not much with Trevor's lib.  And if the 
> data doesn't need to be entered much, one can always manage the data 
> input side with a SQL client such as CocoaMySQL and many others. I 
> save various SQL calls in custom properties to avoid a lot of the 
> quoting problems, and Trevor's lib also cleans up the entered SQL 
> calls.
>
> Speaking of verbose, I'll stop. Sorry for the long post.
>
> stephen quinn barncard
> (sqb)

SQL is, probably, in about direct to disk datas storage and management, 
the perfect Rev sister-ship and, with the help of Chipp's libraries, a 
piece of cake to set-up. Leaen once how to drive SQL back-ends from 
within Rev and you will than use this winning combination all the time 
:-)
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