Subj : Database Access
To   : Tremor
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Dec 21 2004 05:41 pm

  Re: Database Access
  By: Tremor to All on Tue Dec 21 2004 05:45 pm

 > I was just wondering if there were any internal functions for accessing
 > databases through either baja or the javascript implementation.

Not currently.

 > I am looking
 > write a small DB app for use as a door or internal program. The DB side woul
 > be able to handle DBase files with a possible hookup at some point to MySQL.
 > there any plans to code any DB functions into BAJA or javascript? I'm lookin
 > to create some easy to use functions such as add_record, del_record, etc and
 > was looking to see if there was an easier way than writing the full file acc
 > routines in either Baja or javascript. Any suggestions or info would be grea
 > appreciated.

If you don't specifically care about the file format, you could create/use data
files in comma or tab-deliminted format, .ini format, or fixed-length-ASCII
format using the JavaScript File class right now.

exec/binarydecoder.js is a good example of a using a .ini format file as a
database file.

                                                  digital man

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