Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au!melomys!jasonh From: jasonh@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au (Jason Hewson) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Simple database engine for UN*X Message-ID: Date: 15 Apr 91 09:03:11 GMT References: <3879@uc.msc.umn.edu> Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia. Lines: 42 In <3879@uc.msc.umn.edu> kenny@uh.msc.umn.edu (Kenny Goers) writes: >Fellow human beings, >I've been all over the net looking for a simple database engine >that will run under UN*X (any flavor). I've found something >called "mbase" (short for Metal Base) that doesn't work for didley. >And I've looked into Postgres, which is MUCH too large for >my needs. I need source, and even shareware is fine. >Let me define what I see as a database engine. I need something >of a C library that will just to create, closest match, findnext, >add, etc to (a) file(s), maybe with multiple keys. It only has to >do string data types. Well Kenny, how about : cbase(tm) This is a shareware product with source which is a collection of C libraries. It is a "complete C database file management library, providing indexed and sequential access on multiple keys". It compiles under UNIX or MSDOS Available from : Citadel 241 East Eleventh Street Brookville, IN 47012 317-647-4720 BBS 317-647-2403 If somehow you can't get a copy then email me. Hope it helps, it seems pretty good and I will probably be using it. Jason Hewson jasonh@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au Computer Science Dept. University of Western Australia