[MacPerl] MacPerl & Databases

[David Steffen <steffen@biomedcomp.COM>]

>I have a problem:
>I need to get data from database and use it in MacPerl.
>I have 4D Dimension and Claris File Works.
>Do you have modules for they or any other database?

I have never used Claris File Works.

I use 4D alot but have never directly interfaced it with MacPerl, and I
would say that would be possible but non-trivial to accomplish.  I am using
4D version 3.5 with a product called Netlink/4D which extends 4D so that it
can communicate as a CGI via Webstar apple events, and I am sure you could
take advantage of that in MacPerl.  Better yet, the latest version of 4D
(version 6?) has this capability built-in.  Finally, it is quite possible
to extend 4D using any language that can generate CODE resources (e.g. C
but not MacPerl), and build in any kind of interface you wanted, but that
is definitely not for the faint of heart.

>Or, exists any SQL Servers on Mac?

Butler is a Mac-based SQL server.  I have used it quite a bit, including
for one major project, and it is not bad.  There is a (non-DBI) MacPerl
module for it called (not suprisingly) Butler.pm by Peter Chen
<petechen@math.rutgers.edu>.  I think there is a link to the source for
this on the MacPerl home page.

Butler is a commercial product.  Their minimum, 5 seat license is $695.00.
You can find it at:

https://shop.everyware.com/tango/tangomerchant/company_folder/WC_init.QRY?Action
Arg=subcategories&Debug=0&CategoryCode=BUTL&CategoryName=Butler&Source=Company_f
older&CatGif=

I get the feeling that it is a very mature (in the bad sense) product that
could even go away.  Thus, if you need it, I wouldn't delay too long
purchasing it.

David Steffen, Ph.D.
President, Biomedical Computing, Inc. <http://www.biomedcomp.com/>
Phone: (713) 610-9770 FAX: (713) 610-9769 E-mail: steffen@biomedcomp.com



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