On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Simon Slavin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23 Jun 2012, at 7:14pm, "Peter M. Friedrich" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> do you think it's possible to create a different backend? I want to >> develop a relational database system which uses tables in FITS-files >> (for details about this format see >> http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_standard.html). I guess it would be a >> good idea to use an approved database like SQLite with a new backend - >> in this case a different BTree-implementation. > > Two ways to do it. You can create your own virtual table mechanism > > <http://www.sqlite.org/vtab.html> > > or you can implement your own virtual file system > > <http://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/vfs.html> > > A third alternative is to jettison the SQLite name entirely and just to take > some of the source code that makes up SQLite and use it for your own software > which accesses FITS files. You don't need any license to use any of the > SQLite source code, just use it and (for preference) credit the SQLite team > for supplying it.
Another option is to do that Berkeley DB way (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/berkeleydb/overview/index-085366.html). They use SQLite's API, full SQL engine from SQLite and execute it on their own implementation of BTree. Pavel _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
