Documentation on Low Level Database Access

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Apr 11 13:09:04 EDT 2019


Dalton Calford wrote:

 > I am looking at the git repositories, the widget documentation etc.,
 > looking for a solid guide on how livecode accesses database engines.
 >
 > For example, if I wanted to add low level support for another open
 > source database that is available on all the same platforms as
 > livecode, is there any documentation/standardization that I can
 > follow?

Does the DB engine provide a socket-driven API?

If limited to C++, LC's source for rebDB is here:
https://github.com/livecode/livecode/tree/develop/revdb

If access is limited to C++, many options become available as we learn 
more about the specifics.

What is its name?

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