--On Monday, March 06, 2000, 11:22 AM +0100 Ioannis Zannos
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what about that enticing MySql category in
> Com45Swiki9.cs, (Four Strong Winds Swiki version)?
> Could not detect any documentation in the classes.
> Is anybody using ComSwiki with MySql or other
> ODBC capable databases.
This is a (recently updated) port of a MySQL driver for VisualWorks. If
you get ahold of that version there (I believe) some class comments and (I
know) a *very* helpful read-me file describing how to get going. I have,
indeed, successfully done so.
> Are there any experiences using MySql with
> ComSwiki?
Yes.
> Which platforms?
Squeak frontend on Mac and on Win98. MySQL on Linux, across the net.
> My choices
> based on availability here are Mac PPC
I don't think (but am not sure) that there's a MySQL for MacOS.
> (I could try running ComSwiki and MySql
> on a Mac PPC running Linux, but I doubt
> that I can get the binaries for both of them)
Better than your chances of getting both for the MacOS :)
> or i Pentium based Linux, or NT.
Go with the Pentium based Linux for starters. You can move the frontend to
another machine, evetually, but it's easier not having to *start* by
dealing with complex security issues ;)
Actually, to be precise, I've gotten the driver to 1) connect to a remote
machine running MySQL, and 2) read the error code about denying me access
(which needed fixing; if you have trouble with this lemme know; Bolot, did
I send you that fix? Do you need it? The driver was parsing the leading
bytes of the return incorrectly.)
> (Actually, I'd like to address
> Filemaker v. 5 on mac from ComSwiki.
> This version of Filemaker is fully ODBC capable. )
Ooo, but the *easiest* way to do that is to use the AppleScript support in
Squeak! (IMHO) At least, to get started.
I'm rusty on Filemaker but did a fair bit with it, AppleScript, Pagemaker,
and Frontier, so I probably can scrape up a hand if you need one :)
Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.
