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_______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
