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From: stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: How amiga developers can serve me better
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Date: 28 Sep 90 21:06:41 GMT
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I like the latest idea: tell us what you want, and maybe someone will write it
for you. 

Along that vein, I'd like to solicit opinions from the net. I am in the
process of writing a library of C routines for database code. It currently
allows only one key for the data record, but allows variable length keys and
records. I'd like to turn this into a decent database package, and include a
workbenchable interface for creating/maintaining databases. Anyway, what would
all of you like to see in such a package/would you support it (ShareWare,
likely $25 registration)? Current plans:

1) Multiple keys. Obvious necessity, but will probably mean fixed-length keys.
Don't think that's a problem.
2) Concurrency checking to allow multiple processes to access a data file.
Should be easy to go to a networking system.
3) The workbench program to interface.

I'll take any and all suggestions. BTW, if there is interest I'll send my
current weak but workable library (good for small projects like telephone
books) to abcfd20.

-- Greg Stelmack
-- Email: stelmack@sol.csee.usf.edu
-- USmail: USF Box 1510, Tampa, FL 33620-1510
-- Amiga: the only way to compute!