On Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:54 PM, Patrick Shoaf wrote: > At 09:37 PM 1/5/2004, Bryan Koschmann - GKT wrote: > >Now, I know there are a few discrepancies there but I just don't know > >enough to argue it. I * need* to use MySQL as the server because of > >cost reasons. I *WANT* to use MySQL because I don't care for MS choose > >not to run their products. > > > >If you can give me any information to help me argue this I would really > >appreciate it.
> I have previously used Borland's Delphi for various programs I needed to > write in the M$ environment. > ... > When I am forced to use M$ platform, I use every means at my > disposal to use non-M$ products to accomplish the job. I use Apache for > Web Servers, Perl for Web Scripting, ColdFusion for dynamic web sites > accessing various DBs, Bind for DNS, MySQL for all new DBs, etc. For those > of us that prefer to not use M$, but are forced to use the OS, I always try > my best to make sure I can at least program in something other than > MS. I've used MS Visual Basic quite a bit over the years. But I do a lot of cross-platform stuff now so I had to research alternatives. Consequently, I've spent a good deal of time with other languages (C++ and Java), looked at various IDEs (Borland and Metrowerks), etc. However, though it would be considered relatively new to Windows, Real Basic is a visual development language and IDE that you might want to take a look at. It has been around for several years on the Macintosh platform, and, as I said, has the ability to compile cross-platform from the same code base (similar to Java). It's object-oriented language is like a cross between MS Visual Basic and Java. The distinguishing feature of the "pro" version is that it comes with database plug-ins for the IDE (including one for MySQL). These plug-ins are compiled code add-ins (written in C++) that basically encapsulate most of the functionality of the MySQL C API and mapping the calls to the Real Basic language. I'm pretty sure you can get a demo version to evaluate whether or not it supports all the functionality you want. I don't personally have any experience creating solutions that require transaction support, but I believe it supports at least the basic elements of transactions with MySQL. Duane -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
