All this talk about DataBases

[Luis]

<looks around> Am I the only one to have just heard of SDB?
More infos? Links?

Cheers,

Luis.


On 30 May 2007, at 17:32, Rob Cozens wrote:

> Scott, Joe, et al:
>
>> I believe Rob Cozens does something of the sought [partially load  
>> a db stack] with Serendipity, but the question is whether it's  
>> really worth while given it's all there already with a "real"  
>> database.
>
> I've followed this thread this far wondering "should I bother to  
> mention SDB, considering the underwhelming response it has received  
> from the RunRun community?"
>
> Scott & Andre might offer some insight in this regard, as both have  
> at least looked at SDB.  I've had eConversations with others who  
> said they would look at SDB; but no followup questions,  
> suggestions, or complaints.  So I don't know if folks found it  
> unsuitable or incomprehensible (Paul L., Our issues were different:  
> you wanted SDB to work like EpsiTalk, which it could not do due to  
> the issue Scott noted above--the entire database stack _is_ loaded  
> in RAM & must be updated when one record changes.)
>
> If a "real" database must by definition only partially load to RAM,  
> then SDB is not a "real" db.  OTOH, SDB supports multiuser client/ 
> server access with both automatic & programatic record locking  and  
> multiple record search & retrieval via binary searches of indexed  
> records in a Revolution db stack.   But compared to a "real"  
> database, once the db stack is opened, 0 disk accesses are required  
> to retrieve any record.   And note that in a client/server setup,  
> only the server app sees the entire db stack, while the client  
> front end stacks deal with data on a record-by-record basis.  Also  
> since SDB is 100% native Transcript, it is 100% cross platform  
> compatible and requires no externals.  I'll cut my promo short and  
> note SDB is open source and free of royalty charges.
>
> For some time Andre Garzia graciously provided download access to  
> Serendipity Library (which includes SDB) at wecode.org.  Andre and  
> I have had some discussions about reinstating the download site  
> once I was ready to release SDB II (which supports binary data  in  
> addition to text); but lacking any expression of interest from the  
> RunRev community and faced with emerging issues (CA Marine Life  
> Protection Act implementation, wave energy generation, and marine  
> aquaculture) in my other area of focus, SDB II testing isn't high  
> on my list.
>
> As always, the source code, utilities, and example db stacks are  
> available, and I'd certainly have more interest in working on it if  
> someone else found it useful.
>
>
> Rob Cozens, Staff Conservator
> Mendonoma Marine Life Conservancy
>
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