Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:51:57 -0600, Kat <gertie at ZEBRA.NET> wrote:
>----- 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
Well I realize that this doesn't help the DOS users out any, but Fabio
Ramirez has created an SQL wrapper that works really well. I just started
learning SQL last week, and I'm already writing data entry programs using
joined tables, primary and foreign indecies, and all that good stuff. It
really has a lot of promise for the WIN32/Linux platform. DOS
unfortunately is another story. I don't forsee anyone coming up with a
RDBMS library for DOS now or ever, simply due to the fact that the 16-bit
OS is going the way of the dinosaur. [Moment of silence].
Brian
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