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[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 6/5/05 1:37 AM, "Damon Pillinger" <daisychain at iinet.net.au> wrote:

Hi Damon,

> Hi Ruslan,
> The reason I got Valentina was to use the RBDB API as the datacontrol
> allows me to bind the results of a query to editfields,listboxes etc...
> 
> On the web site it says that I can use it. Are you telling me this is
> incorrect?

Yes you can, although as you see you get less features,
At least now.

IMHO RBDB is very poor. Yes I know that many other db solutions for RB use
it, this is why we also add have support.

But I have see very ugly things in RBDB.

For example. DataControl.

DO NOT USE IT!!!  My advice. Why?

Because I have see how REAL have made button PREV.
They do for this 
        curs.First
        then N times curs.Next()

Image that you have 100,000 records,
That you are on 88 555 record now.
And you press button PREV.
Terrbile. REALbasic will do loop in 88554 iterations.

I think RB do this because many db engine just do not have cursor which can
do PREV. but Valentina can do.

Probably in future REAL will fix this, and they will ask engine:
    can you do PREV ?

This was the most ugly thing I have see,
But was some others.

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Next, even Joe (REAL) have once told on list that he just develop self
controls which manage database but not use DataControl.

To make own simulations of "DataControl" you need only 10-15 minutes.
But you will get full speed.

-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

[I feel the need: the need for speed]