Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-18 Thread Sven Utcke
Hello John, > As for "top-posting," In the corporate culture I come from, it is > considered the only way to do things (or at least one faction who > has the ear of the ops boss, believes this). Yes, I noticed that too. I can think of two reasons for doing things in this terribly inefficient way

Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-17 Thread john darnell
Thanks for your kind words, Simon. As for myself, I really do strive for civility, though I don't always get there. I'll keep working at it if you promise to be patient with me. As for "top-posting," In the corporate culture I come from, it is considered the only way to do things (or at least

Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-17 Thread Simon Slavin
On 17 Jun 2011, at 11:50pm, john darnell wrote: > Say what you will about Adobe and InDesign, but their tools for writing > Apple, ah, supplemental code, are not insubstantial or trivial. IMHO, it is > understandable when that is my major environment for writing code that I > might not know

Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-17 Thread john darnell
-users-boun...@sqlite.org] > On Behalf Of Warren Young > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 7:00 PM > To: General Discussion of SQLite Database > Subject: Re: [sqlite] OSX path > > On 6/17/2011 4:50 PM, john darnell wrote: > > > > I am essentially a Windows programmer >

Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-17 Thread Warren Young
On 6/17/2011 4:50 PM, john darnell wrote: > > I am essentially a Windows programmer Is that also your excuse for top-posting? :) > I will have to take your > word on the use of HFS-style paths vs posix/Unix style paths on Mac > platforms. That would be wise, because Simon is correct. > I will h

Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-17 Thread john darnell
o: General Discussion of SQLite Database > Subject: Re: [sqlite] OSX path > > > On 17 Jun 2011, at 10:09pm, john darnell wrote: > > > I checked two references and neither one of them mentioned this teensy > > little > requirement. I guess they must've thought

Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-17 Thread Simon Slavin
On 17 Jun 2011, at 10:09pm, john darnell wrote: > I checked two references and neither one of them mentioned this teensy > little requirement. I guess they must've thought it wasn't important. The use of colons for file paths is purely an old-fashioned Mac thing and never worked cross-platfo

Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-17 Thread john darnell
g [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] > On Behalf Of Doug Currie > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:07 PM > To: General Discussion of SQLite Database > Subject: Re: [sqlite] OSX path > > > On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:56 PM, john darnell wrote: > > > I am attempting t

Re: [sqlite] OSX path

2011-06-17 Thread Doug Currie
On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:56 PM, john darnell wrote: > I am attempting to open an SQLite database on the Mac (OSX Snow Leopard) and > am getting an error. This is the code I am using: > > char DBEnginePath[1000]; > > strcpy(DBEnginePath, "Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe InDesign > CS5:P