[REBOL] Re: dbase files under rebol ???
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 17-Oct-2003 10:36
Hi Petr,
PK> well, it always starts the easy way and complicates later. All I wanted
PK> to say is - that any such stuff without support for indexing, updating
PK> databases, sharing/locking, is not practically of much use. And once you
PK> decide to reimplement CA-Clipper of FoxPro in Rebol not even having
PK> open/skip working, let me know, it will be at least interesting to
PK> watch :-)
Yes, certain things complicate matters (SKIP being one of my main
deterrents on things like this), but I used to use a dBase
engine--under VB1--that was written entirely in pure VB and it worked
extremely well, with support for indexes, memos, etc.. Of course, I
wasn't going against 50M DBs... :)
Without SKIP working properly, it would be a real PAIN just because of
how you'd have to make it work.
-- Gregg
