Hello again!
I wish to retrieve details about a particular file which are held in
a text file, fairly large at about 264000 lines. The file contains
details about many
One nice thing about a database, especially a remote one, it that it
handles everything you need to do with data - store, move, access,
calculate in a nice module in a structured way so you can concentrate
on your business logic at hand. And multi-user capability is built in.
MySQL is very easy to use and the commands are even more simple than
Transcript. Many ISPs offer MySQL and other databases that are
included with web service (PLUG: Dreamhost). Having the ISP configure
the messy parts and maintaining the hardware had removed my final
obstacles to using a database. My ISP offers unlimited databases and
I don't have to deal with license fees.
Highly Recommended to learn about databases with Rev:
Sara's Tutorial/ examples
http://www.troz.net/Rev/tutorials.html
From Sarah's site:
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MySQLtests.rev
This stack provides a GUI for testing connections to MySQL databases.
It does basic queries as well as editing of tables and records. Not
intended for long term use, but I found it helpful when starting to
learn about MySQL.
MySQL.rev
This stack is a simple client for communicating with MySQL servers
either on your own computer or remotely. It accepts any MySQL command
and displays the results in a simple text-based table form. It is
supposed to be similar to the client available when using OS X's
Terminal, but does not require that the client & server be installed
on your computer.
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And when you understand how RevDB works and you move on to your
application, then you'll want to use Trevor Devore's DB Library
that's a database abstraction library written in Transcript, that
makes it all much easier.
http://mangomultimedia.com/developer/revolution/
The earlier 1.x version also includes a simple working example; the
newer 2.xx BETA has even more features but no demo yet - and the
syntax is slightly different on a few routines. I've used them both
and they both work well and the 'upgrade' to the new library amounts
to changing a couple of lines in your code.
Sarah and Trevor ROCK!
sqb
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stephen barncard
s a n f r a n c i s c o
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