Re: database trouble

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 28 Sep 2004, at 09:28, Ralph Moeritz wrote:

> Hi friendly folks,
>
> I like GNUstep, and so I'm trying to convince people to use it
> (mostly Java & .NET developers). My problem is that GS-Base &
> GS-Gui are not really convincing arguments to switch from
> Java or .NET. What most folks are missing is:
>
> - database abstraction ala JDBC[1]
> - OpenGL toolkit
>
> I know that free software needs community involvement to succeed, and
> so I'd like to know what needs to be done to implement Apple's EOF.
> I'm not a great programmer, and my biggest problem is connectivity,
> as an Internet connection is really expensive in South Africa. I
> do believe that I can help, however, so if anyone would be kind enough
> to send me the EOF specifications and technical references (I don't
> have access to a Mac :-(, then I'd be glad to help out.
>
> [1] I know that GDL2 is available, but last time I checked it was
> somewhat stale and only available through CVS.

My impression was that GDL2 was usable and still being developed,
but others can probably tell you better.

However, GDL2 is a higher level abstraction layer, not really 
equivalent to
the low-level functionality of JDBC (it's a lot more powerful in many 
ways).
If you are looking for a JDBC equivalent, you want SQLClient instead
(get dev-libs/SQLClient from CVS).