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I am new to Objective C as well as programing all together. So any and all help is very appreciated! I am trying to build an app that will need a database. All of the references that I have read on the issue of core database warns against noobs diving in. So far everything that I have read gives me pieces and parts. Can you recommend a great summary reference that could walk someone like me through the creation and development of such a database. The database that I am interested in creating will store customer preferences. So I want to be able to input, retrieve and ultimately update the stored data. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my query and a special thanks to those who have taken the time to respond.

Jay Taylor
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There is a great book on Core Data itself that is geared towards desktop and iphone applications, but it requires a decent working knowledge of objective-c/cocoa touch imo: Prag Core Data. Another fair read is the Apple documentation on the subject. and there are some pretty good questions/answers here on stack overflow regarding the subject. And as you said, there are scattered tutorials outlining specific things all over the internet and on some popular iphone/objective-c blogs.

This being said, if you are a beginner to programming in general, I would suggest that Core Data/databases in general (SQL etc) might be a bit of an advanced topic to begin on.

Jesse Naugher
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  • I would add that both Apple and Pragmatic Programmers (pragprog.com) have sample code as well. This can be useful, in that it will let you see a running app and its source code. All the same, I concur with Jesse that you may be jumping in to the deep end prematurely. – westsider Feb 02 '11 at 17:07
  • Thanks for the reference. I will check it out. I do have one followup question. I don't mean to be disrespectful and I understand that if it were easy that everyone would do it, but what makes it so hard? Is just understanding the language or more of a conceptual issue? – Jay Taylor Feb 02 '11 at 17:41
  • Its a conceptual issue for most people..and there are a lot of very small nuances that trip up even experienced database people. – Jesse Naugher Feb 02 '11 at 17:44
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There are lots of similar post already discussed in SO.

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raaz
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SO if you are talking about the core database concepts then you should clear with the databases , what i mean is you should know how to , where to and when to use database in a system. It is not all the time necessary but it is important to know these things to know more about it plz follow the link below Click here to learn Database and DB Designing

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