Re: PEAR::DB/MDB, Flat File Database, and ODBC database schema

<c.boulanger@gmx.de> wrote : > Lukas, Mika, > > Thanks for the Info. I am trying to write an application which would fall > back on Flat-files in hosting environments where no SQL database is > available. But even SQLite would have to be installed, and would therefore > not work in these environments, is that correct? There are a couple of > XML-flat file databases around, but none of them of course can be used by > PEAR::DB, and therefore require a separate API.... Maybe package DBA could help ? Bertrand Mansion Mamasam > "Mika Tuupola" <tuupola@appelsiini.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:Pine.GSO.4.10.10308161512210.1089-100000@aurinko... >> On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Christian Boulanger wrote: >> >>> Is there, has there been, or will there be a flat-file database that is > or >>> can be used with the PEAR::DB/MDB class? >> >> I have thought and even actually started to code a flatfile >> driver for DB with which you could do SQL queries against >> csv files (similart to Perl's Sprite). >> >> However since PHP has now support for SQLite the need for such >> driver is there no more. DB also has an experimental driver for >> SQLite. (Yes I know SQLite files are no flatfiles). >> >> -- >> Mika Tuupola >> http://www.appelsiini.net/~tuupola/ >> > >