RE: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-18 Thread Denis Povshedny
the right db for me? I am starting an ambitious project that I fear I may regret :P I've done a bit of research and it looks like Python is the way to go - unless anyone has any other suggestions. It means learning Python from scratch, but Python looks like it might be worth the effort.

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-17 Thread Roger Binns
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Davis wrote: | My consideration has been that although setting up a server and mySQL is | trivial for me, it might not be for someone else who isn't a geek. But that | will have to be resolved in the installation process. There are pre-built pa

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-17 Thread Peter Cunderlik
On 12/17/06, Steve Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Some time ago I wrote a member and incident management application for my volunteer bushfire brigade in PHP/mySQL. It works quite well but is browser based which limits it a bit. I think you can't go wrong with SQLite. If you don't need

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-17 Thread jose simas
I have a reasonably large application written in VB6 that uses SQLite. It is possibly the simplest solution for you as you already know VBScript. It is also very easy to install on most computers (with Windows, I mean). Another option would be VB.NET or C# if you distribute the app usind CDs. A w

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-17 Thread John Stanton
ssage- From: Roger Binns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 17 December 2006 5:39 PM To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Davis wrote: | Does that change your opinion? Not in the slightest.

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-17 Thread Derrell . Lipman
"Steve Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is not a web-based app, rather browser based. Many brigades do not have > net access at their stations, they might only have someone there once a > fortnight, so it isn't viable. Also this app might also be used on a > notebook at a remote location.

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-17 Thread Martin Jenkins
Steve Davis wrote: My consideration has been that although setting up a server and mySQL is trivial for me, it might not be for someone else who isn't a geek. You should take a look at http://www.cherrypy.org/ From that site: CherryPy is a pythonic, objec

RE: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-17 Thread Steve Davis
Davis Steve Davis - too much time on his hands -Original Message- From: Roger Binns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 17 December 2006 5:39 PM To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Davis

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-16 Thread Roger Binns
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Davis wrote: | Does that change your opinion? Not in the slightest. You can run the web server and browser on the same machine as you have presumably already been doing. (Unless you have been using the word browser to mean something other tha

RE: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-16 Thread Steve Davis
Roger, I appreciate your response and am sorry for wasting your time a bit by not being more detailed... It is not a web-based app, rather browser based. Many brigades do not have net access at their stations, they might only have someone there once a fortnight, so it isn't viable. Also this ap

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-16 Thread John Stanton
I would endorse Roger's comments. A web interface can give you everything you can get from a stand-alone application but also gives you flexibility. The greatest advantage of the web application is that you have no software loading onto PCs, a real nuisance. As long as the browser works you

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-16 Thread Roger Binns
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Davis wrote: | Some time ago I wrote a member and incident management application for | my volunteer bushfire brigade in PHP/mySQL. It works quite well but is | browser based which limits it a bit. Being browser based shouldn't be limiting yo

RE: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-16 Thread Steve Davis
Ahhh...thanks for that. All the best Steve Davis Steve Davis - too much time on his hands -Original Message- From: Jay Sprenkle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 17 December 2006 9:12 AM To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me? On 12

Re: [sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-16 Thread Jay Sprenkle
On 12/16/06, Steve Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey folks So...and I know I am asking the converted...is sqlite right for me? And assuming it is, is there a tutorial of some sort around? Did you get to read this page? http://sqlite.org/whentouse.html -- The PixAddixImage Collector

[sqlite] Is sqlite the right db for me?

2006-12-16 Thread Steve Davis
Hey folks I am starting an ambitious project that I fear I may regret :P Some time ago I wrote a member and incident management application for my volunteer bushfire brigade in PHP/mySQL. It works quite well but is browser based which limits it a bit. Other Brigades have eyed it enviously a