al@well.UUCP (Alfred Fontes) (02/04/90)
Hello, I'm looking for a database library that works well under MS-Windows. The two that I know about are Win-Trieve, made by Whitewater, and C-Trieve, sold by ImageSoft. Unfortunately, I know only what I have read in advertisements. Does anybody have any opinions about either of these two systems? Any others that you can recommend? What about a system that is not specifically designed for Windows, but comes with C source code? Is that completely out of the question? I haven't decided which language to use, but it will probably be C++ or Actor.
patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree) (02/13/90)
In article <15953@well.UUCP> al@well.UUCP (Alfred Fontes) writes: }I'm looking for a database library that works well under MS-Windows. The two }that I know about are Win-Trieve, made by Whitewater, and C-Trieve, sold by }ImageSoft. Unfortunately, I know only what I have read in advertisements. } Well, I would recommend WinTrieve personally. However, to be fair, I don't know anything about C-Trieve. I can tell you that WinTrieve runs in such a way that it uses as little conventional memory as possible. Basically, WinTrieve comes with a server that, if there is expanded memory, can be swapped out thus only taking maybe 1 or 2K of Windows memory. This makes it very good for running under a system that may be somewhat tight on memory. Other than that, WinTrieve supports journaling, transactions, file and record level locking so that two Windows don't try to access the same thing, and indexing on multiple keys. Oh, and WinTrieve comes with both a C library interface and an Actor Object library so it is easy to use in both languages. }What about a system that is not specifically designed }for Windows, but comes with C source code? Is that completely out of the }question? I don't know that there are any decent data managers that come with C source code. Most companies are kinda funny about sending their code out since they don't want a slightly modified version of their product showing up in the world. }I haven't decided which language to use, but it will probably be C++ or Actor. If you need any help deciding just give me a call at 1-800-869-1144. You can also send me your address and I could send you one of our full literature packets so you could find out more about Actor, WinTrieve and The Resource Toolkit. -- "Organized fandom is composed of a bunch of nitpickers with a thing for trivial pursuit." -Harlan Ellison