Re: [MLUG] Tcl/TK access to SQL database

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Michael Procter wrote:
>
> Aaron Littich wrote:
> 
> > Anybody know if there are any packages that allows
> > tcl/tk code to interface to a postgresql or mysql
> > database.  I can't seem to find any on the web.
> >
> > Or is there a generic database support in tcl/tk.  I
> > don't need anything fancy, just a simple database that
> > keeps track of who burned which cd and where the cd is
> > at in the queue stack for the robotic cd burner thing.
>
> Python would be good for this.  I have used wxPython, which uses GTK
> or MFC depending on the platform, to build a gui connected to mysql
> and was happy with the results.  Tk support is strong in Python --

That would be Tkinter, right?  Anyway, I think the weak part of any tcl/tk
solution is the tcl part; it's level of support for other tools is
sometimes suprisingly lacking (at least compared to Python and Perl).  
Perl/Tk is also a pretty strong system, although it avoids tcl altogether.  
Perl postgres and mysql support is quite strong; you may have heard of
this thingie called Slashdot? :-)

Anyway, you should take a look and it might well turn out that it will be
easier to do your Tk and db stuff without tcl, as ironic as that might
sound.

jking

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