Comments on: Why doesn’t Adobe’s AIR dev guide mention SQLite?

By: amnon

amnon — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:39:18 +0000

you want SQLite ? switch to JNEXT (http://jnext.org)

By: Paul Robertson

Paul Robertson — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:11:49 +0000

I think you underestimate the number of existing SQLite developers.

That is certainly a real possibility =)

Admittedly, already since I wrote that post I’ve seen more evidence of AIR developers with prior SQLite experience in other platforms/contexts. Or perhaps (probably) I’m just more aware of it now?

Paul

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:24:07 +0000

Paul,

for the fuzzy long version, see my post

Thanks for this, most encouraging.

Though I think you underestimate the number of existing SQLite developers.

Tim

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:23:10 +0000

John,

Sorry, I hadn’t seen that link in your post, and it does acknowledge SQLite, so I figured you hadn’t seen it.

Can’t see SQLite mentioned, nor can my browser’s page search. It’s “livedocs” though, so it could be changing.

Tim

By: Paul Robertson

Paul Robertson — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:20:51 +0000

As John has suggested, the reason for leaving the SQLite name out of the documentation, and also (in my opinion) for the lack of parity between the AIR and Google Gears APIs, involves a somewhat fuzzy combination of:
- development schedules
- beta documentation deadlines
- lack of knowledge of some (then NDA) initiatives
- human limitations =)

That’s the fuzzy summary version — for the fuzzy long version, see my post Why doesn’t Adobe’s AIR dev guide mention SQLite? A response to Tim Anderson.

Paul Robertson
ActionScript Developer/Writer
Platform Developer Documentation
Adobe Systems, Inc.

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:27:50 +0000

Sorry, I hadn’t seen that link in your post, and it does acknowledge SQLite, so I figured you hadn’t seen it.

For the APIs and Google, I know it was announced earlier this month that the Adobe and Google APIs would converge, but I’d be surprised if that could be completed and documented in time for last week’s massive Flex/Player/AIR launch. (iow, we may not be at the destination yet.)

I’ll pass this link among my partners, though, and maybe another Adobe staffer has better info than I do at this point.

jd/adobe

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:15:48 +0000

John

No, the official docs you reference are the same ones (more or less) I was looking at.

The second post you reference is interesting and confirms part of what I’m saying:

The two implementations weren’t developed together, and at this point (from what I’ve seen) the two APIs are pretty different.

Tim

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:05:40 +0000

I’m still getting my head around all the major releases of last week, but is this “SQL support in local databases” similar to what you’re seeking?
http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex/3/langref/localDatabaseSQLSupport.html

Paul Robertson has more:
http://probertson.com/articles/2007/06/11/adobe-air-local-sql-databases-and-my-role/

jd/adobe