Hi,
Thanks for your response Karl, it's greatly appreciated.
> } Could someone recommend some documentation, sites/links, books or code
> } snippets for database programming under C?
>
> Hi Tim, I'm not clear what your in mind of doing. Do you want to
> write a special database application, or do you want to write an
> application "front end" to an existing data base. I use postgeSql, the
Well, to make a long story short, I'm not sure what my options are, I just
know that I'd like to be able to do it in C. This is *not* to stir up a
discussion of "what's best to use for different circumstances" like
re-inventing the wheel when I could do the same thing in a few lines of
Perl. I just want to do it in C, so if you want to flame go for it, just
do it privately, not to the list.
My curiosity was stirred when I found an old book at work called: C Data
Base Development. In short it claims to teach data base theory and design
and provides a complete package of data base management software in C
source (disks not provided). The code has been tested with over ten
different compilers, include Turbo C, Microsoft C, Lattice C, and Aztec
C86. I'm not sure my C is strong enough at this point to figure out what
needs to be done with the source given in the book to get it to work under
Linux if it's even possible.
CDATA (The Cheap Data Base Management System) is mentioned, but I'm not
even sure what this is and whether or not it's widely known or is
something the author has come up with. I haven't even begun reading the
book, b/c I'm not sure if in the long run it's worth the time and/or
effort.
> The postgeSQL "front end" is pretty good and you learn to use it
> to make your data base and then retrive specific data.
I'm familiar with postgreSQL, but haven't used it very much as of yet.
> Data base is not simple! They have a whole new set of jargon to
> knock you off your feet...:-)
I have no doubts about this comment. I am green to programming in C as it
is, which is why I turned to the list for some sort of guidance. ;)
Best Regards,
Tim
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