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Introduction

Saada is not a database, it is a data base generator.




- What is Saada

  • Saada is a database generator.
  • Saada itself never hosts data.
  • Saada is just used to build one (or more) empty database(s).
  • Once the database (the SaadaDB) is created, one do not need Saada anymore.
  • The SaadaDB
  • A SaadaDB is a database created by Saada.
  • It is a Java layer on the top of a relational database (MySQL/PostgresQL/SQLIte more about ).
  • It makes very easy data management operations.
  • If you do not want to use SQLite, either MySQL or PostgresQL must be installed before.
  • It also needs the Web application serveur Apache Tomcat to be installed.

- About he tutorial

  • This (beginer’s) tutorial uses default setup as often as possible .
  • Its goal is to quickly direct users to a working database.
  • Once your first SaadaDB is working, you can find here how to build databases matching your requirements.

- Warning

  • This tutorial supposes you agree with using SQLite.
  • It also supposes you run Tomcat from you own account. That is satisfactory now, but that is not really secure for an operational server.
last update 2013-06-18