RE: Euphoria file structure

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Pete Lomax wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:47:04 +0000, jondolar <lavigne.s at videotron.ca>
> wrote:
> 
> >My main question then is: How can you examin in a human readable format 
> >the data of an EDS in an editor to verify its integrity if something 
> >turns sour. A comma delimitted file is easilly visible in a simple text 
> >editor. Is such facility posslble with an Euphoria file?
> >
> 
> The main question you should be asking is: How do I write the software
> so that if, at some point in the future, I decide the data would be
> better off stored in a different format, it will be relatively easy to
> change?
 
> Pete

I think that the data format of a DBMS is such a basic and important 
issue that the question should be adressed way before you even start 
coding anything. Depending on this fundamental decision, the approach
would be vastly different.

Regards
Serge

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