On 23/03/2011, at 20:57, BareFeetWare wrote:

> On 24/03/2011, at 10:13 AM, Siegfried wrote:
> 
>> I need to create an export / import system for my app, and just thought that 
>> asking the list for some advices could help a lot.
>> 
>> The CoreData database I have is fairly simple. No relationships, only 3 
>> entities with no more than 4 properties each: numbers and strings.
> 
> Have you considered using SQLite, either for the import/export file format, 
> or even for the native app document format (so the native and export file are 
> actually the same thing and no export is needed)? It removes several layers 
> of complication.

Well, the app is not document based, so exporting its internal database is only 
for backup and sharing purposes. Also, I don't think exporting a partial 
database would be practical with SQLite (exporting one kind of entity for 
example). So I don't think that's something

> 
> There are many tools for manipulating SQLite data on every platform, so it's 
> easy to access the document elsewhere.
> 
> Tom
> BareFeetWare
> 
> --
> Comparison of SQLite GUI tools:
> http://www.barefeetware.com/sqlite/compare/?ml
> 

Great link! Quite useful.

Thanks Tom for providing valuable information,

Best wishes,

Siegfried_______________________________________________

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