Re: [MacPerl] MySQL availability on Mac ??

[Richard Gordon <maccgi@bellsouth.net>]

At 16:14 -0700 08/02/1999, Vicki Brown wrote:
>Take a look at http://www.lilback.com/msql/
>
>"This page is devoted to information about using SQL databases on 
>the Macintosh, particularily the application and drivers I have 
>written to talk to mSQL and MySQL databases."

The page is pretty interesting, but a little misleading since there 
are indeed SQL servers that will run on a Mac. PrimeBase 
(http://www.primebase.com/) and Cloudscape 
(http://www.cloudscape.com) are available, altho the latter is pure 
Java and I doubt if it would be very practical to run even under 
MRJ2.2EA.

Butler SQL was pretty nice and I think that there is even a MacPerl 
module for it, but I can't figure out what happened to the product 
since Everyware changed its name and is thoroughly Windoze infested 
now. If Butler's been sold off and is still supported by somebody 
else, it could be an interesting fit with MacPerl. Otherwise, my 
suggestion is to either go with Primebase if you want true SQL or to 
just use FileMaker (for which it seems like Chris was working on some 
kind of glue file).


Richard Gordon
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