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Re: DBMS library in Euphoria

• Posted by Brian Jackson <bjackson at 2FARGON.COM> Feb 25, 2000
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:43:25 -0800, Cuny, David at DSS <David.Cuny at
DSS.CA.GOV>
wrote:

>Lewis Townsend wrote:
>
>> Please comment on whether or not a [DBMS} lib like
>> this is needed and the features that would be
>> necesary and/or preferred.
>
>Why write your own file format? I'd think that xBase file compatibility
>would be the way to go. The format is well understood, and used by lots of
>programs - especially DOS programs, which is where the library would be
>targeted. You can find xBase file formats at:
>
>http://www.e-bachmann.dk/docs/xbase.htm
>
>-- David Cuny

I agree that xBase is the way to go.  Daniel Bernstein has an xBase library
for Eu in the archive already, so step one could be done quite quickly.  I
think that the most important feature would be some kind of indexed lookup,
probably a BTree, or something similar.  I started down that path a long
time ago, but abandoned the project due to my loathing converting the
Btrieve libraries from C to Eu, and a general lack of support at the time.
I was using a proprietary file format that was based on xBase, so the code
might give you a few ideas.  It's on my downloads page if you want to have
a look.

Brian