Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!david From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.database Subject: A variant of the streams idea Message-ID: <2416@ukma.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 10:10:50 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.2416 Posted: Mon Dec 16 10:10:50 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 17-Dec-85 04:44:13 EST Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 20 Xref: watmath net.unix-wizards:16122 net.database:152 I just finished reading dmr's streams article from the BSTJ of last year, and an idea has occurred to me (actually re-occurred). I originally had this idea when reading about sockets... Could one use a variant of this to provide "funny" kinds of files? What I mean is, ISAM is merely a protocol for using a file, right? So to use a database "properly", open the file and push a onto the file which does the indexing/etc. And you would still be able to use the file in a "raw" mode for low-level patching, etc. Is everybody confused now? -- David Herron, cbosgd!ukma!david, david@UKMA.BITNET. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.