[Lolo from Paris]

I would like to begin coding with Cocoa...But i have a question, what is the best choice for making a little database ? I mean free because it's for a freeware...

Is there builtin database functions in Cocoa ?

thanx

[howardm4]

Depends on what your needs are but MySQL has been successfully compiled
and I hvae also compiled BerkelyDB (sleepycat.com)

[DaGuy]

For bulleting boards and that sort of app, MySQL is probably the best choice. It is very fast even at large volumes, robust (won't easily puke on you) and has good security. But there are other choices -isn't MacOS X great!


Postgre is also available and the last time I checked the demo version of FrontBase had everything but security features. These last two downloads where available on the stepwise.com software archive -I bet anything that there still there, go check them out. Search this forum for point-and-click installations of MySQL.

[Lolo from Paris]

Thanx, but I would like to make a CD/DVD list manager software so the database should be easy to install and set up on a client mac...

I would like to do the same as I can do with Real Basic but with Cocoa and Apple dev. tools.

MySQL is great but it needs to be installed and configured on the client mac isn't it ?

[Angus_D]

Yes, REALbasic has a built-in Database thing in the Professional version. There is no such thing in the Cocoa classes, you're going to have to look somewhere else to find one. There are lots of third party libraries around, but they might require some configuring client-side.

I don't think you need all the functionality of a database... Perhaps a simple array or dictionary would suffice?

[ryochiji]

Sounds like a real database would be an overkill. It'll probably be easier to manage your data internally...

[Raman]

well, a flat text file would probably be your best bet then..