From: | John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com> |
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To: | Theodore H(dot) Smith <delete(at)elfdata(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Why can't I connect to postgres? |
Date: | 2006-07-24 17:28:30 |
Message-ID: | 6C98F656-1326-469E-AE9E-D1C4CA873AE3@pgedit.com |
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On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Theodore H. Smith wrote:
> Well I tried NaviCat and some others, they seem to work. Perhaps
> the problem was with REALbasic.
I don't know the details of REALBasic, but perhaps it uses ODBC or
some other "generic" connection method. In this case, you probably
have to do some additional setup and configuration.
>
> I can connect via perl, also, which is good.
>
> What's a good way to store the database logic?
>
> Say for example, I want to do something to the database, can I just
> say something like DataBasePleaseTryRegisterUser( "name",
> "details", "serial", "etc" ); where DataBasePleaseTryRegisterUser
> would be some kind of function stored in the database itself?
>
> Or should I put the logic into my perl files? And treat the
> database as just that, a blind database which can store invalid data.
PostgreSQL has excellent stored procedure/function support. I prefer
to use that whenever possible. The starting points are CREATE
FUNCTION and pl/pgsql:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-createfunction.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/plpgsql.html
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL
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