Re: RES: Is there a "Virtual" Lua table library?

[Joseph Stewart <joseph.stewart@...>]

The links to lhf's ftp site seem to be down... any mirrors? LuaForge
show "no release files" for this.

Thanks in advance!

-joe


On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:47:01 -0300, André de Leiradella
<leiradella@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the responses!
> >
> > I have been vaguely aware of dbm and it's spawn for years, but have
> > never actually written any code to use one. Perhaps as Mark
> > mentioned, careful inspection of keys and values will make this class
> > of libraries usable for my purposes.
> >
> > I've gotten spoiled by sqlite's ability to keep all tables and
> > indexes in one file and it's ACID method of protecting data... so I'm
> > looking to either use the btree/pager modules from sqlite or find a
> > dbm clone that has the same features. One thing that I don't like
> > about sqlite's implementation is the fact that it locks the entire
> > file for updates.
> >
> > Take care everyone!
> >
> > -joe
> >
> 
> Maybe lper fits your needs. It replaces the default memory allocator by
> one that uses a memory mapped file. Not only your data base would
> consist in Lua hash tables (fast lookup) but everything would persist
> across runs as well.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andre de Leiradella
> 
> 


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