Greetings again,

One of the major factors influencing the listed requirements is the fact that I may or may not have root on the system where the database will live, and I can't depend on any single RDBMS being installed on the system. This has been a major reason why, until now, I've been content with flat text files, CVS, and XML for most of it all.

I'm aware that the Jet "RDBMS" powers Access when on Win32. Never the less, you can still use ODBC to get into the file. I know it's possible to play around with Access files on UNIX systems, but you have to install/config some kind of ODBC enviornment. (At least, that's what I've seen posted here and elsewhere.) So, in theory, couldn't there be a binary file with defined column sizes and so forth that's "stand alone" from a full RDBMS? I'd imagine a DBD::? would let you interface with the file via DBI...

I must be dreaming, but this sure would be nice to have.

-gryphon
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In reply to Re: Single file RDBMS w/o system install by gryphon
in thread Single file RDBMS w/o system install by gryphon

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