Re: [boost] [relational] Relational Model Library

From: Calum Grant (calum_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-28 16:50:51

> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Andreas Pokorny
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 09:24:24PM +0100, Calum Grant 
> <calum_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Is there any interest in providing relational containers in Boost?  
> > Are there any features/improvements you can suggest for RML?
> 
> You could compare the library with sqlite. 

Completely different.  Most database engines are controlled via text
strings, and require parsing and data transformation.  This cuts all
that out using C++ templates, and is therefore way faster.  It's a
container.

> Furthermore you could implement a table that can be stored in 
> a file, and used wihout reading all records into memory.

I think the memory-mapped file route would be the most profitable, it
would probably already work.

Calum