Posted by Steve on 10/03/07 05:43

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Steve wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>> Steve wrote:
>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>>>> Steve wrote:
>>>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> Jim Carlock wrote:
>>>>>>>> "RageARC" wrote...
>>>>>>>>> using namespace curl;
>>>>>>>>> init...
>>>>>>>>> exec...
>>>>>>>>> close...
>>>>>>>> That looks like Visual Basic 3/4/5/6...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dim db As DAO.Database
>>>>>>>> Dim rs As DAO.Recordset
>>>>>>>> Dim sSQL As String
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> sSQL = "Select * From customers;"
>>>>>>>> With DAO
>>>>>>>> Set db = .OpenDatabase("mydata.mdb")
>>>>>>>> Set rs = .OpenRecordset(sSQL)
>>>>>>>> End With
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> '... rest of the code
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Except I think it works a little better with the "With" in
>>>>>>>> Visual Basic.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What's the advantage of a namespace if you have 5 different
>>>>>>>> databases to connect to?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Absolutely nothing. Namespaces are for source code separation, not
>>>>>>> database selection.
>>>>>> jerry, i think he meant the DAO used in the 'with' statement...which
>>>>>> is NOT a namespace but an object instance. i believe his code sample
>>>>>> above would fail anyway since i don't recall DAO being a static
>>>>>> class - static was introduced to vb in vb.net.
>>>>> OK, that makes sense. Not being familiar with DAO, I wouldn't know
>>>>> (or care ;-) ).
>>>> dude, all he had to say was 'vb' and i completely lost interest from
>>>> there. ;^)
>>>>
>>> :-) Unfortunately, I need to do some VB work still.
>>
>> don't get me wrong...i use vb.net all the time. however, it's more like a
>> programming language than whatever they call vb < .net these days.
>>
>>>> what's worse is that he's probably more likely using vb 3/4 since data
>>>> access objects were obsoleted in later versions for the alimighty
>>>> (laughs) adodb class(es). that would also explain why he has no idea
>>>> that dao.interface is not the same as namespace::resource
>>>>
>>>> later.
>>> Yep, I understand. I use the adodb interface in VB, though - it really
>>> is better.
>>
>> worlds better...just don't bind form controls to it. vb.net's adodb is
>> supposed to have fixed all the crap that happened doing that in the past.
>> however, i was so frustrated with 'the past' that i still keep a middle
>> man (my o.m.) inbetween the ui and db layers.
>
> Sounds interesting. But I don't do vb.net. Rather, I'm trying to get my
> last vb customer converted to MySQL/PHP.
>
> Unfortunately, it's a non-profit with a large (and VERY POORLY written)
> site. It's going to be expensive to do it right, even if I give them a
> discount.

have fun with that. ;^)

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