john darnell wrote: > 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).
My Mac is Peterbilt. > 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 _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
