Hi, I wrote a TableEngine because the link is done immediately and it avoids data duplication, moreover it enable the use of index and updates. H2GIS will be used later by a rendering engine in OrbisGIS. In the GUI the user will select the shape files to link into the database then see theses into the GIS map window. In embedded mode, the user is able to link (though this driver table engine) a table with a file (.dbf, .shp, .mif, .gdms ..) or the user can copy the content of the file from/into the database through JDBC (then with a driver outside the scope of h2).
In the next weeks, I will enhance the shape and dbf drivers in order to allow insert/update/delete requests. DBF use fixed length rows then it is easy to update, however the shape file use variable length rows coupled with an index file. Best regards, -Nicolas Fortin Atelier SIG IRSTV FR CNRS 2488 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "H2 Database" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/h2-database. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
