Thanks, Simon. I'll take your advice. Oh and BTW, I apologize for the "Mac truck" remark--I meant no offense to my friends who code for the Mac (grin).
R, John > -----Original Message----- > From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] > On Behalf Of Simon Slavin > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 5:39 PM > To: General Discussion of SQLite Database > Subject: Re: [sqlite] Just compiled SQLite in Visual Studio > > > On 29 Nov 2010, at 11:10pm, john darnell wrote: > > > here's that first dumb-sounding question. > > > > I got my boss to purchase an O'Reilly book called Using SQLite, and the > > author > makes a rather ominous statement: "All of the SQLite source is written in > C...Make > sure you use a vanilla C Compiler." > > > > I just added it to a Visual Studio 8 project, turned off the use of > > precompiled > headers (the project is a C++ project) and compiled the SQLite.c file without > any > errors. Is it really that easy, or am I about ready to be hit by a Mac truck > filled with > bugaboos? > > That's not dumb, that's "I've been hurt before.". But you should definitely > use the > command-line tool to make a database and see if your application can read it > before you relax. > > Portability is one of the main design criteria for SQLite. Unlike most SQL > engines > you can find these days it needs to run not only on desktop computers but TVs, > phones, and tiny little embedded controllers. The simplest way to make that > happen is to write it in C and make sure it compiles on anything with a C > compiler > available. It's a handicap in some ways, since the programmers can't use even > C++, but it means people developing for any new gadget tend to turn to SQLite. > > And if it has to be compilable for a PVR/DVR a Wintel computer is no trouble > at all. > > Simon. > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
