Looking for database library.

[Peter Hamilton-Scott]

I'm trying to get the database functions to work, and after a lot of 
playing around I'm not finding this very intuitive, what with the sheer 
number of Dm... routines there are and that you have to do A before B 
before C and woe betide you if call E before B - you probably know the 
feeling! :-)

In short, does anyone know if there is a freeware library that 
simplifies database access? My app needs (or at least I think it needs) 
an app info block as I'd like to keep some database state external to 
the records it refers to. From what I find and see, app info blocks and 
control records are not well described though the database records is a 
little more easier to use.

To that end, I'm looking at using the first record as my control record 
and then having to union the data records. This is counter-productive. 
If there is a reliable library you know of I'd appreciate that, or 
failing that, a link to a good onlite site that does a walk-through of 
Palm database I/O?

Thanks.
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