Re: [sqlite] what is "in-memory SQLite database"?

2005-03-07 Thread Edward Macnaghten
Naming the database ':memory:' (without the quotes) will not create a file but place the database in memory. Needless to say - it will not remember tables created their after disconnection, and will use RAM up :-) Eddy jack wu wrote: in the documentation: "Appropriate Uses For SQLite" it says:

Re: [sqlite] what is "in-memory SQLite database"?

2005-03-05 Thread morten bjoernsvik
Hi If you have available memory you can create a ramdisk and mount it as a standard filesystem, then put your database there. This is quite trivial, if you have /dev/shm you can use tempfs. aka: #mkdir /mnt/ramdisk #mount -t tempfs -o size=8G /dev/shm /mnt/ramdisk Creates a 8Gig ramdisk. The

Re: [sqlite] what is "in-memory SQLite database"?

2005-03-04 Thread jack wu
i am thinking of real time analysis of web logs. so it could be huge if i save all the logs. of course size/system/cpu could be different depending on the web site this application runs on. --- Roger Binns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i am writing an application where i need to define > >

Re: [sqlite] what is "in-memory SQLite database"?

2005-03-04 Thread Roger Binns
i am writing an application where i need to define couple of huge hash tables. What is your idea of huge and what operating system/CPU are you running on? Roger

[sqlite] what is "in-memory SQLite database"?

2005-03-03 Thread jack wu
in the documentation: "Appropriate Uses For SQLite" it says: "it is often easier and quicker to load the data into an in-memory SQLite database and use queries with joins and ORDER BY clauses to extract the data in the form and order needed rather than to try to code the same operations