in Ram database?

[John Roth]

"John D." <lists at webcrunchers.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1062728122.8678.python-list at python.org...
> Does anyone know if there is an "in-ram" dictionary based database
> for Python.
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> I can see some applications where this can really be powerful in
> applications requiring 10,000 records or less.
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> Is such a database available?   If so,  who is working on it,
> or where is it?
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> I've heard that Python supports a stand-alone database.   I looked
> for it in the Docs,  and see the "dbm" module.   I haven't found
> any examples of code,  so don't know how to use them.   I'm one
> of those guys that learn through examples,  and have very little
> luck in figuring out how to use anything unless I can see examples
> of their use.
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> My idea is that ALL datums would be Python Dictionary objects,  so
> not only can you store data,  but python objects as well.
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> Storage to disk would be through pickled files,  or through CSV
> format,  allowing easy import and export from other databases.
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> I'm sure something like this exists,  I just haven't found it yet,
> and if not,  then I'm well on my way of implementing one myself.
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> I kinda like the idea of being able to define smaller tables as
> "in-memory" types,  and the really large massive ones in other forms
> managed by mySQL, PostGres, or bsddb3 databases.
>
> Any leads you guys???

Look at Prevalyar. While it's a Java project, it might give
you some ideas about what's possible if you forget "data base"
and simply think "persistance."

John Roth
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