Thanks a lot for all help suggestion.Let me know if you have any experience on file parsing using sqlite. -P
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Pavel Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: > > SQLite is an implementation of SQL. SQL is used to store information in > a way that allows you to look things up more quickly than searching a flat > file. If you can search for data your flat files fast enough to make your > software work acceptably, you do not need SQL and your project will be > simpler without it. > > You missed the point, Simon. Without SQL and SQLite Pronab will have > to implement his own platform-independent file format which is much > more work than just start using SQLite and use SQL. In this case using > SQL will indeed be simpler than without it. > > To Pronab: if you're not familiar with SQL and SQL-based database > concepts learn them first. After that you just need to understand how > those concepts are applicable to SQLite and start using it. Some > documents that can help at the beginning are > http://www.sqlite.org/cintro.html and > http://www.sqlite.org/quickstart.html. > > Pavel > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Simon Slavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 4 Dec 2009, at 11:50am, Pronab Ganguly wrote: > > > >> I am newbie to sqlite.Would like to is sqlite is better than flat file > parsing? > >> > >> We have platform specific files of different formats to be read so our > >> code is complex and difficult for maintenance considering support for > >> newer platforms and backward compatibility. > >> > >> We are planning for a generic file, this is going to be same across > >> all the platforms. The generic file can be a flat file also. Now > >> initially I planned to write a flat file parser for the required > >> information retrieval. Now came to know about sqlite.Please help me > >> how can I use the power sqlite to support the above requirement > >> basically to retrieve the information > > > > SQLite is an implementation of SQL. SQL is used to store information in > a way that allows you to look things up more quickly than searching a flat > file. If you can search for data your flat files fast enough to make your > software work acceptably, you do not need SQL and your project will be > simpler without it. > > > > Simon. > > _______________________________________________ > > sqlite-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
