Re: [MacPerl] Accessing FileMaker Pro data

[Richard Gordon <gordon@mindspring.com>]

On 1/14/99 at 18:13, langfml [at] eng [dot] auburn [dot] edu (Matthew Langford) wrote:

> In general, Perl and databases go together like (insert your favorite pair
> here).  Think serving up database pieces from a web site.  Think of a
> website which _is_ your database front end, across the world.  
> 
> Think of tying your database to sources of information on web pages across
> the Internet, and updating the information continuously rather than at
> painful intervals.
> 
> Think of getting access to tools that already do these things for you, but
> written for other databases.  Through the magic of the DBI interface, you
> could re-use them with little effort.
> 
> Think of an easy tool to recognize and pull useful information from a
> jumbled up text file, like the access log for a web server or the output
> from some other program (an installer, say).
> 
> And I don't even know much about MacPerl!  Others could supply better
> examples.
> 
> What database wouldn't benefit from perl?  Maybe your phone number file.

I must not have expressed myself very clearly. I was not wondering why to
use MacPerl- I think it rocks and am trying to learn as much as I can about
it. What I was questioning was how much would be gained by using the glue
module and AppleEvents rather than just communicating from/to MacPerl via
AppleScript? As far as I know, all of the things that you mentioned are
available either way and it's probably just a question of personal
preference.

BTW, FileMaker provides builtin web serving without the need to use a cgi of
any kind and I don't think that it will work with DBI in any case. For
relatively small, moderate traffic sites that do not require SSL, it is
perfectly acceptable without bothering with a web server at all.

Richard Gordon
Gordon Consulting & Design
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