On 6/22/08 2:53 AM, "Devraj Mukherjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I have gathered that Core Data (as brilliant as it is) doesn't yet > support client/server databases. I am writing an application which > will be installed on multiple machines but would like share the single > data source. > > Since there will be large amount of data the thought at this stage is > to use something like MySQL obviously at the risk of not being able to > use some so cool as CoreData. Are there any suggestions as to what the > best way to approach this problem is. > > I am certain I am not the first one to ask this question but can't > find any valuable clues. You can check Valentina database. Valentina offers (royalty free) both: * local only db * client/server remote db With only 2-3 lines to change, or even app can handle in the same time both local and remote Valentina dbs. Valentina offers Object-Relational Data model on the db level, And it offers nice OO API for Cocoa developers. You can read below a testimonial about Valentina for Cocoa from our page: http://www.paradigmasoft.com/en/testimonials Let me know if you have more questions about Valentina. ====================================== > Soundminer's Justin Drury on Valentina for Cocoa and REALbasic > I¹ve been using Valentina since 2000 first with Realbasic and now with Cocoa. > What has always struck me as impressive is not just the database engine but > the dedication and excitement the folks at Paradigma have for their product. I > had moved to Apple¹s Cocoa framework about a year ago and had to use alternate > databases(SqLite/MySQL) while Valentina was prepared. > > Recently I have been able to start integrating V4CC(Valentina for Cocoa) into > my apps, and frankly its THE most exciting addition to my development > environment! I can use Valentina¹s RAM databases with the same ease as > CoreFoundation¹s datatypes with all the speed and efficiency that we have come > to respect out of Valentina. > > With its objective C interface and built-in binding support, Valentina for > Cocoa (with xCode) is an incredible RAD tool. I had been using CoreData with > both its XML store and Sql Lite store and while that was fine for a few > thousand records it quickly started to bog down and I missed the ability to > tinker under the hood. Within an hour I had whipped together a prototype using > Valentina and was awed by its power. I¹m again able to access hundreds of > thousands of records with lightning speed and with its mature SQL support I¹m > able to manipulate the data with ease. ====================================== -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin VP Engineering and New Technology Paradigma Software, Inc Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information http://www.paradigmasoft.com [I feel the need: the need for speed] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]