From: Shashank Date <shanko_date@...>
Date: 2004-07-15T05:28:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie: Pointers for Ruby compatible DBase engine

Hi Xeon,

--- Xeon <xdblade@zworg.com> wrote:
> Can anyone suggest/direct me to a dbase engine which
> are supported by
> ruby? I'm thinking about a small scale dbase
> (5,000-10,000 entries)
> engine/server, single processed, can be searched on
> various rules (SQL
> compatible would be nice), and most of all,
> lightweight (have mercy to
> my ol' P100Mhz), small size (like Ruby), and free
> (yeah, I'm cheap). I
> know it's a lot to ask. How is mSQL fare?


What is the OS on this box ?  Like it is already
mentioned SQLite is your best bet. It is very actively
maintained.

There is a Ruby API for mSQL:

http://dontstopmusic.no-ip.org/ruby/archive/ruby-msql-0.2.4a.tar.gz


You may also want to look at KirbyBase. 

http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/kirbybase/

Disclaimer: ** I have never tired either **

HTH,
-- shanko


		
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