Subj : Re: Database Access
To   : Tremor
From : Tracker1
Date : Wed Dec 22 2004 08:41 pm

Tremor wrote:
> I was just wondering if there were any internal functions for accessing
> databases through either baja or the javascript implementation. I am 
> looking to write a small DB app for use as a door or internal program. 
> The DB side would be able to handle DBase files with a possible hookup 
> at some point to MySQL. Is there any plans to code any DB functions into 
> BAJA or javascript? I'm looking to create some easy to use functions such 
> as add_record, del_record, etc and was looking to see if there was an 
> easier way than writing the full file access routines in either Baja or 
> javascript. Any suggestions or info would be greatly appreciated.

I wrote a small tcp based xml->odbc gateway, but the tcp connection part
was pretty heavy, and it didn't perform too well.. the js parsing was a
bit sluggish as well..  if you talk to Evan Elias on irc, he's been working
on a js based door engine, with sqlite db access... not sure how far he
is in it.

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