Hi

this may interest some of you to know that there is a package for 
talking MySql in VW and
that it could be ported in Squeak (easily not my knowledge)

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> From: skrishnamachari <skrishnamachari at connectmagnum.com>
> Date: Mon Mar 10, 2003  5:40:45 AM Europe/Zurich
> To: Stephane Ducasse <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch>
> Subject: Re: Mysql support
>
>
> Dear Stephane,
>
>     The JDSkMySQL code should be portable as far as I know, I am going 
> to
> get it running in Linux shortly ( within about 15 days...) I can tell 
> you
> more precisely then. Also I would be porting this Smalltalk MT and I 
> am sure
> should not be difficult to get it running on Squeak with some small 
> changes.
>     One hack I would like to caution about is the small changes I have 
> done
> to instance method (at: put:) of MSCP1252String and (asByteArray) of 
> String
> . This hack works perfect in all my testing spread over last 3 months, 
> but
> overrides the normal implementation of these methods in the image.
>
>     The GUI tool is certainly nailed to Win because of Aragon Win32 
> widgets
> though to a very small extent and should be easy to port it, which 
> again is
> a part of my work next two weeks.
>
>    Also as a side note: MySQL is a real great DBMS to work with, some
> limitations though which could be annoying for a Oracle/ Sybase user, 
> but
> perfect for anything not requiring triggers, foreign key restrictions,
> stored procs and some of the likes. The readme on the site will give 
> some
> insight into its limitations.
>     Another I can compare to it is Firebird the free source 
> incarnation of
> Borland's Interbase6.0. SQLLite seems to be still to come of age for
> enterprise level application, but good for embedded applications.
>     I shall be most willing to forward any assistance on this or any
> smalltalk work if required.
>
> regards
> skrish
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephane Ducasse" <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch>
> To: <skrishnamachari at connectmagnum.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 6:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Mysql support
>
>
> This is great.
> I never looked at mySql but we need that for a simple project. This is
> good to know that.
> Do you know if the code could be ported in other dialects?
>
> Stef
>
>
>
> On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 01:34 PM, skrishnamachari wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Stephane,
>>
>>    I have ported the JDMMySQL VW3.0 code to VW7.0 and posted it on our
>> smalltalk India Egroup. An GUI tool is also constructed ( a alpha
>> version ) which support basic operation over the MySQL is also
>> available there. I am still working on the same, and will post an
>> update this week to this set of code.
>>    I have also added the ODBC port to the GUI tool.
>>
>> check out the parcels at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smalltalkindia/files/VisualWorks/
>> Database/
>>
>> Kindly check back if you need anything specific..
>>
>> regards
>> skrish
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: Stephane Ducasse <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch>
>> Date:  Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:43:11 +0100
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I would like to know if there is a mySqL support for VW?
>>>
>>> Stef
>>>
>>>
>>> Prof. Dr. Stéphane DUCASSE (ducasse at iam.unibe.ch)
>>> http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
> Prof. Dr. Stéphane DUCASSE (ducasse at iam.unibe.ch)
> http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/
>   "if you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do
> different? ...  especially if,
>   by doing something different, today might not be your last day on
> earth" Calvin&Hobbes
>
> "The best way to predict the future is to invent it..." Alan Kay.
>
> Open Source Smalltalks: www.squeak.org,
> www.gnu.org/software/smalltalk/smalltalk.html
> Free books for Universities at
> http://www.esug.org/sponsoring/promotionProgram.html
> Free Online Book at www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/FreeBooks.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
Prof. Dr. Stéphane DUCASSE (ducasse at iam.unibe.ch) 
http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/
  "if you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do 
different? ...  especially if,
  by doing something different, today might not be your last day on 
earth" Calvin&Hobbes

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it..." Alan Kay.

Open Source Smalltalks: www.squeak.org, 
www.gnu.org/software/smalltalk/smalltalk.html
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Free Online Book at www.iam.unibe.ch/~ducasse/FreeBooks.html