#DBMS for C needed
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Hi, folks…
Does anyone know of a dbms for the Amiga that I could use from within
my C programs? I've looked at bBaseIII & Abase(?) but neither one seems
to have any hooks for programmers, or even file-format documentation.
Maybe the registered versions do? I'd like to be able to set up some
database files to use in testing some stuff I'm writing, but don't want to
spend the time & effort to write a database handler myself. Any leads
much appreciated.
Thanks,
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JcP
Jeff,
you might want to look at ISAM v1.02 (or at least, I think that's the
current version). The file name is ISAM12.LZH. Although it is only
indexed sequential, it does have numerous programmer hooks as it is
intended to be called from within C code. BTW, it's shareware.
Brian
Thanks — I'll check it out.
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JcP
There are several ANSI C source codes available for buying here in
Germany. These source codes provide a full DBMS (SQL, object orientated,
relational…) for you. Compilation should be easy on the Amiga….
though, you do have to buy them (~$1500 – usualy no linceses required).
You can find advertisments on most DBMS/programer magazines
In case you are interested in these… let me know and I try to find out
address (I somehow have them in my message base 🙁 boy what a search).
Please, only ask if you are really willing to spend that amount of money
as I don't have much time spending on searching for the addresses.
PS: There is also German company offering a database with C interface…
forgot the name…
Wolf,
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, those prices are way over what I
could afford right now…. thanks anyway
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JcP
There was an article in AC's Tech, vol 3 #2, about a dbms for C
programs. John Bushakra described converting the C/Database toolchest
for PC's to Amiga use. This is available from Mix software, with
source, for $29.95. It provides a B+ tree library, ISAM library, and
dBASE conversions. There are a few modifications he had to make to
the source code, but they're fully documented in the article. It
looked fairly straightforward, and he wrote a glowing article on it.
Thanks for the info! …. and I think I still have that issue of AC tech
around somewhere (never throw anything away….).