Re: Firebird doesn't support MSVC 2015

Instead of reinventing the wheel why not look at SQLite or there is a nosql
db couchdb as well but not sure how easy that would be to integrate with LO

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Jonathan Aquilina

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk> wrote:

> On 02/03/16 12:12, Noel Grandin wrote:
> > On 2016/03/02 2:11 PM, Michael Stahl wrote:
> > > personally i'd be inclined towards alternatives that are less likely to
> > > trigger toolchain problems - maybe there's a SQL database implemented
> > > in, say, Java somewhere...
> >
> > Maybe even one that shares a committer with LO ?
> :-)
>
> Sounds like I ought to get my finger out :-)
>
> I want to write a NoSQL database (a Pick derivative) and the plan is to
> do it and make it part of LibreOffice. Problem is, as a carer, I find it
> very hard to get the time available to concentrate, and I also don't
> have all the skills I need.
>
> Anyways, I will try and have a crack at it - life seems to be getting a
> bit easier at the moment - and see where it takes us.
>
> For those who know me, I am very much anti relational practice - imho
> it's impossible to write an efficient truly relational database - the
> theory has technical flaws that seriously impact any FNF engine.
> Basically, that (in contravention of Einstein's dictum) the engine is
> *too* *simple*, which means that any applications *must* be *overly*
> *complex*. I'll wax lyrical if you like but you'd be wise not to get me
> started :-)
>
> My main problem is that a Pick database is actually a complete operating
> environment. Fundamental to its operation is its language, called
> DATABASIC, and while I could probably write the database engine without
> too much difficulty, writing the language compiler is a step too far at
> the moment.
>
> Anyways, here's to having a go - if anyone's mad enough to join me, great!
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
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