http://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_database.html
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Naeem Arshad <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin Layman ! ur word are very worth full for those who want to work > on this type of applications for the next era(just like me). I am > impressed. > > Now plz pay some attention, i`ll be thankful. > I want to provide me DB file to web app to just read (writing or > saving web data is not required), what to do? ant what to implement > HTML5 or gears and how? > Are the gears have some specific location for all the browsers? My db > file should be accessible for all of the browsers installed? just tell > me the write location to place my db file. > > > On 3/20/10, Kevin Layman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Depends, lol. > > > > IMHO, for the super majority of non-mobile browser users out there right > now > > Gears is the only sensible way to provide a local database and offline > > capabilities. However since Google has ceased development and the > community > > is not cranking out the missing pieces the latest browser updates are > > already problematic for gears. > > > > So, if your app needs a local db and works offline, and your potential > > customers don't require very latest browser update, you are good to go > > w/gears now and transition them to HTML5 later. > > > > Strangely enough this may make some Enterprises viable customers as they > > rarely adopt the latest Browsers, meaning Gears is and will be viable for > > them for quite some time, but of course selling their IT on a > non-supported > > plug-in is no prize for sure. > > > > I personally have been working on a super-complex Gears app for almost > three > > years and am just now going to beta. We've have embraced Gears > capabilities > > to the fullest and there is just no way to match the capabilites Gears > gives > > us vs. HTML5 right now, so we're going with what we've got. > > > > No doubt there will be massive eye rolling and speculation about why we > > would choose to use an unsupported technology for our app. But the fact > is > > there is just no other viable alternative right now, and we think/hope > that > > when customers try our app and like it the Gears issue will become moot. > And > > we will of course offer a brain-dead server-based version of our app for > the > > troglodytes. > > > > The fact is that taking advantage of these types of capabilites in a > browser > > is quite difficult, and when HTML5 capabilites become more widespread > those > > of us with Gears experience will be well-positioned to benefit because of > > our extensive experience with these types of apps and working codebases > > capable of utilizing HTML5. And lets not forget our massive and loyal > > customer base that we awed with our Gears apps... > > > > That's my story and I'm sticking to it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Naeem Arshad <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> in future days which will be more sufficient and efficient for this > >> feature? HTML5 or Google gears? Plz give ur opinion. > >> Actually HTML5 and local database storage is not implemented in all of > >> the browsers like Firefox. Opera. > >> so i m confused to select one from Google gears and HTML5 > >> plz help me to choose. > >> > >> On 3/19/10, Kevin Layman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > HTML5 is supposed to provide access to local storage. As to when this > >> will > >> > be reliably implemented across most browsers your guess is as good as > >> anyone > >> > else. > >> > > >> > Right now and for some time to come in my opinion Gears is still the > >> > best > >> > way to implement this feature. > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Naeem Arshad <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> dear what do u think is theres ome chances to get back or undeploy of > >> >> Google Gears by google. And plz tell me is there some alternatives > >> >> instead of Gears to read a DB of sqlite by an HTML page in multiple > >> >> browsers like firefox and IE8 as well as chrome > >> >> > >> >> On 3/19/10, Kevin Layman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > You might try putting the db in the correct profiles folder for > your > >> >> browser > >> >> > and then passing the db name to gears in the javascript on your web > >> >> > page. > >> >> > Unless Gears has some restriction about opening a db it didn't > create > >> >> > you > >> >> > should be able to access it. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:11 AM, naeem <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> I have a destop component like a small application developed in > JAVA > >> >> >> which creats a db into some folder on my hard disk. > >> >> >> How can i read this file with the help of Google Gears. so that > the > >> >> >> record can be extracted? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Help me plz > >> >> >> > >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gears-users+ > >> >> >> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > >> >> "REMOVE > >> >> >> ME" as the subject. > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >> > gears-users+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email > with > >> the > >> >> > words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gears-users+ > >> >> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > >> "REMOVE > >> >> ME" as the subject. > >> >> > >> > > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > gears-users+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with > the > >> > words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > >> > > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gears-users+ > >> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE > >> ME" as the subject. > >> > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > gears-users+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the > > words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gears-users+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gears-users+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
