kenny@uh.msc.umn.edu (Kenny Goers) (04/13/91)
Fellow human beings,
I've been all over the net looking for a simple database engine
that will run under UN*X (any flavor). I've found something
called "mbase" (short for Metal Base) that doesn't work for didley.
And I've looked into Postgres, which is MUCH too large for
my needs. I need source, and even shareware is fine.
Let me define what I see as a database engine. I need something
of a C library that will just to create, closest match, findnext,
add, etc to (a) file(s), maybe with multiple keys. It only has to
do string data types.
I'm burned out looking for something of this nature and would
really appreciate ANY help, even negative responses saying
there is no such thing.
Thanks in advance,
kenny.
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kenny@msc.edu | To suffer the slings and curcuits of outrageous functions...
| or to take up arms against a sea of transistors.
Minnesota | or rather transponders... transcondu... trans... er..
Supercomputer | Oh to heck with it."
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Kenny Goers Minnesota Supercomputer Center kenny@msc.eduajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) (04/13/91)
In article <3879@uc.msc.umn.edu> kenny@uh.msc.umn.edu (Kenny Goers) writes: >Let me define what I see as a database engine. I need something >of a C library that will just to create, closest match, findnext, >add, etc to (a) file(s), maybe with multiple keys. It only has to >do string data types. C-Tree by Faircom fits the bill. And it's cheap as hell. (Programmer's Shop has nice prices on Faircom stuff). -ans. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Ajay Shah, (213)734-3930, ajayshah@usc.edu The more things change, the more they stay insane. _______________________________________________________________________________
jasonh@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au (Jason Hewson) (04/15/91)
In <3879@uc.msc.umn.edu> kenny@uh.msc.umn.edu (Kenny Goers) writes: >Fellow human beings, >I've been all over the net looking for a simple database engine >that will run under UN*X (any flavor). I've found something >called "mbase" (short for Metal Base) that doesn't work for didley. >And I've looked into Postgres, which is MUCH too large for >my needs. I need source, and even shareware is fine. >Let me define what I see as a database engine. I need something >of a C library that will just to create, closest match, findnext, >add, etc to (a) file(s), maybe with multiple keys. It only has to >do string data types. Well Kenny, how about : cbase(tm) This is a shareware product with source which is a collection of C libraries. It is a "complete C database file management library, providing indexed and sequential access on multiple keys". It compiles under UNIX or MSDOS Available from : Citadel 241 East Eleventh Street Brookville, IN 47012 317-647-4720 BBS 317-647-2403 If somehow you can't get a copy then email me. Hope it helps, it seems pretty good and I will probably be using it. Jason Hewson jasonh@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au Computer Science Dept. University of Western Australia