From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-03-06T05:34:48+09:00
Subject: Re: A wish: Simple database

vruz 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
> 
> 
> Jamis Buck's SQLite bindings library is very good, very well
> documented, and it is built on top of the SQLite public domain library
> (www.sqlite.org)
> 
> It obviously doesn't comply with (1) and (3),  but even if one doesn't
> like SQL I've found the
> api Jamis has built to be quite ruby-esque and intuitive.
> 
> The SQLite3/Ruby Manual:
> http://docs.jamisbuck.org/read/book/3
> 
> Of course if the goal is *not having* any SQL at all, this will never be useful.

I realized later that this was unclear.

I meant only that I don't *require* SQL, not that I
reject any package that supports it.


Hal