Re: Simple DBMS in VB

On 8 Feb 2007 12:47:17 -0800, "Steve" <sredmyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello all,

Purely as a learning experience I am thinking of writing a simple DBMS
in VB. I do not want anything fancy just a simple engine that would
store and retrieve data to a single disk file. The data should be
able to be relational (parent child relationships). The engine should
provide an object oriented interface (no SQL). Simply a DB object
that has child table object which inturn have columns and row etc.

I am just having a bit of difficulty in getting started. Can anyone
point me towards some resources or give me some insight into how to
create a simple DBMS.

First, don't call it a DBMS
- it is a multiply indexed Random Access storage system

If you know about Binary file access ( Seek etc ) then you are a long
way towards a Random Access system for Variable length chunks of data.

What you want to do is 'roll your own' data management system
.

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