I think the phobos should contain a function for truncating a file.

I was able to write a whole database module using just the phobos except for truncating the file! I'm considering donating my database code to Digital Mars but I don't know if it is good enough yet. I'd like to know who is interested. The data is stored like a file system and items are loaded into an associative array so it should be efficient.

I'll add a truncate function to the todo list. -Walter

"Vathix" <Vathix@dprogramming.com> wrote in message news:bd153o$1a8b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I think the phobos should contain a function for truncating a file.
>
> I was able to write a whole database module using just the phobos except
for
> truncating the file! I'm considering donating my database code to Digital Mars but I don't know if it is good enough yet. I'd like to know who is interested. The data is stored like a file system and items are loaded
into
> an associative array so it should be efficient.
>
>

>"Vathix" <Vathix@dprogramming.com> wrote in message

>> the phobos except for truncating the file! I'm
>> considering donating my database code to Digital
>> Mars but I don't know if it is good enough yet.

A lightweight, D-specific database module would certainly be welcome!

While heavier stuff will use an external SQL database in
most applications, there's still need for an easier
solution for the lesser data amounts needed for smaller
or non-data-intensive applications. And quick prototyping!

I don't think you should wait till your code is "good
enough". (I know, I've had quite a few bits of code I never
submitted anywhere because I thought it was embarrassing
to submit sub-par code.) So go ahead! With everybody fixing
bits and pieces of the code we'll soon have a Good Enough
database!! Remember the Force of Sharing! (Linus Torvalds'
code sure wasn't "good enough" when he put it on the Net!)

Well, I decided to take your advice.
Here is my database code so far www.dprogramming.com/db.php
I have not tested it much yet.


"Georg Wrede" <Georg_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:bd3vvn$oeq$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >"Vathix" <Vathix@dprogramming.com> wrote in message
>
> >> the phobos except for truncating the file! I'm
> >> considering donating my database code to Digital
> >> Mars but I don't know if it is good enough yet.
>
> A lightweight, D-specific database module would certainly be welcome!
>
> While heavier stuff will use an external SQL database in
> most applications, there's still need for an easier
> solution for the lesser data amounts needed for smaller
> or non-data-intensive applications. And quick prototyping!
>
> I don't think you should wait till your code is "good
> enough". (I know, I've had quite a few bits of code I never
> submitted anywhere because I thought it was embarrassing
> to submit sub-par code.) So go ahead! With everybody fixing
> bits and pieces of the code we'll soon have a Good Enough
> database!! Remember the Force of Sharing! (Linus Torvalds'
> code sure wasn't "good enough" when he put it on the Net!)
>
>
>