From: Matt Mower <matt.mower@...>
Date: 2005-03-03T01:06:22+09:00
Subject: Re: A wish: Simple database

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:14:14 +0900, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> I sometimes wish for a very simple database with the
> following features:
> 
> 1. Distributed as part of Ruby
> 2. Need not store entire db in memory
> 3. No SQL requirement
> 4. No special efficiency requirement
> 5. Available cross-platform
> 6. Database files are readable cross-platform
> 

I'm wishing for something like this right now.

I am using the WordNet database as part of my Rails application
however it seems like overkill to use ActiveRecord (the database isn't
going to change and the queries I want to do are very simple) not to
mention the WordNet database isn't really constructed with
ActiveRecord in mind. However the dataset is too large to use a YAML
file.

With the right database I'd hide the WordNet data behind a simple API.

Regards,

Matt

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