From: Jeff Moss <jeff@...>
Date: 2005-03-03T04:54:01+09:00
Subject: Re: A wish: Simple database

Try DyBASE, object oriented dynamically typed database storage, for 
ruby, python, php and some other language I've never heard of.... it's 
linked into the interpreter as a shared object so its quick. I don't 
know if this counts as cross platform though, not sure what you're 
looking for there.

-Jeff


Hal Fulton wrote:

> Hi, all...
>
> 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
>
> Typically I use DBM in this case. But it doesn't
> meet (5) and (6), since it's not there on Windows
> and the files can't be moved even across Linux
> systems.
>
> A simple marshal would be fine, but it violates (2).
> I believe PStore would also?
>
> SDBM works by default on Windows, but it is severely
> limited if not actually buggy. Probably violates (6)
> and (5) also.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendation? Or would a
> "universal built-in database" make an interesting
> addition to our world?
>
> Not trying to bloat Ruby, just asking.
>
>
> Hal
>
>
>