The latest update concerning supporting additional databases, (and other updates) was a call for interested parties to help with the porting. The plan is to open up further development to the community. I know you are not alone in wanting MYSQL support, but I think, being as it is a freely supplied piece of software, which took huge effort to put together, Adam and David choose what they felt were the most common databases for version 1.0 (plus I don't think Adam has much "respect" for MySql, maybe that will change with 5.0).
www.productivityenhancement.com Mark -----Original Message----- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT: Ruby on Rails hey, read this one. That's the one problem I can't get around with PLUM. As soon as they can support MySQL, I will certainly revisit the possibility of using PLUM. You know, come to think of it, I wonder if the new Oracle Express free version would work with PLUM; maybe I'll go check that out. Express is 10g and PLUM's system requirements do say 9i, so I don't know whether it'll work or not. --Ferg Barney Boisvert wrote: >Yep, you're correct about only the IDE requiring windows. But PLUM >itself only supports MSSQL, Access and Oracle 9i. Granted, Oracle >isn't Windows-only, but it's also massively non-free. You might be >able to develop on one of those, and then deploy to something else, >but it'd undoubtedly be a bunch of work. > >cheers, >barneyb > >On 11/13/05, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>Sadly "doesn't mind working on a windows machine" rules out >>>a lot more than just Sean. Not to belittle the work they've >>>done in any way (from what I understand, it's pretty impressive), >>>but using Java, Ruby, Python, etc. rather than .NET would >>>have made for a much larger target audience. Java seems the >>>obvious choice, since CF is itself a Java application, but >>>any cross-platform environment would have worked just as well. >>> >>> >>The only part of PLUM that requires Windows is the IDE, if I recall >>correctly. The generated application runs on any CF server. The vast >>majority of CF developers run Windows desktops - despite the popularity of >>OSX among developers now, I seriously doubt that more than one out of, say, >>every five hundred CF developers runs something other than Windows. It's >>worth pointing out that the membership of this list isn't necessarily >>representative of CF users in general - I suspect that the percentage of >>non-Windows users is higher here than elsewhere. >> >>My evidence for this is purely anecdotal, but I've met a lot of CF >>developers, most of whom are not readers of this list. >> >>Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >>http://www.figleaf.com/ >> >> >> > >-- >Barney Boisvert >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >360.319.6145 >http://www.barneyb.com/ > >Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:224060 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
