OpenEuphoria

Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows

• Posted by Kat <gertie at ZEBRA.NET> Feb 23, 2000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Patterson" <drpatt at TOWEROFHOPE.ORG>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows

> >Since it is relatively simple and fast to use Euphoria itself to handle
> small
> >amounts of data (whatever fits in memory) I suspect there isn't likely to
> be
> >much real effort to achieve database connectivity.
>
> The problem is that handling moderate to LARGE amounts of data is a
> fundamental requirement in business programming. Even QuickBASIC has
> libraries available for xBase, as does PowerBASIC. My second choice is
> PowerBASIC Console Compiler, but I like Euphoria better. (No, I can't
write
> my own database routines...that is many levels beyond my ability and
> available time.)

Like i said earlier, i am accessing a custom database of 50Meg, with random
access, random record length, random field lengths, human readable (altho it
need not be) with Eu.

>Is Euphoria intended to be a game programming language
> only?

I don't use it for any games.

Kat