VB and Access == Java and ????

[Eric Mosley]

I develope Java in work most of the time on my Linux machine (which is
great), but, a project has come up which will need a small persistant store
of objects/values, about 1000-3000 of them. Management has deemed that VB
with an Access file (which can be replaced easily) is the way to go. (Bye
Bye Linux for me).

What are the options for Java? Would a persistant Vector of objects not
slow down things terribly? Is there any other Access-like database routine
we could use which is free?

I'd prefer that all 1000 objects weren't read into RAM, some way to sql
them from their little file?

Any thoughts...

VB and Access == Java and ????

[Eric Mosley]

Thanks for all the responses! Most people suggested an rdbms with JDBC
which is something I'll look into.
But, seeing as how I know that there will be only about 2000 objects, what
if I just read them in and put them in a vector/linked list/hash table. In
your experience would that slow the app down/bloat it out too much for
comfort?
If it was C++ I wouldn't even worry about it.

Eric

Virgin System!

[Eric Mosley]

I want to start programming Java on Linux but its abit confusing with all
the versions of glibc libc jdk linux...

I have an old pentium, if I put Redhat 5.1 on it, what else will I need.
glibc version ?, jdk version? motif/lesstif?

thanking you...