I’ve been using Valentina since 2000 first with Realbasic and now with Cocoa. What has always struck me as impressive is not just the database engine but the dedication and excitement the folks at Paradigma have for their product. I had moved to Apple’s Cocoa framework about a year ago and had to use alternate databases(SqLite/MySQL) while Valentina was prepared.

Recently I have been able to start integrating V4CC(Valentina for Cocoa) into my apps, and frankly its THE most exciting addition to my development environment! I can use Valentina’s RAM databases with the same ease as CoreFoundation’s datatypes with all the speed and efficiency that we have come to respect out of Valentina.

With its objective C interface and built-in binding support, Valentina for Cocoa (with xCode) is an incredible RAD tool. I had been using CoreData with both its XML store and Sql Lite store and while that was fine for a few thousand records it quickly started to bog down and I missed the ability to tinker under the hood. Within an hour I had whipped together a prototype using Valentina and was awed by its power. I’m again able to access hundreds of thousands of records with lightning speed and with its mature SQL support I’m able to manipulate the data with ease.

-  Justin Drury of SoundMiner on Valentina for Cocoa