CodeBase is very nice & flexible, but also commercial. Maybe a good idea is to migrate to SQLite (http://www.sqlite.org/) and use database located in memory?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] pisze: > > > > Codebase components from http://www.softsand.com/ > <http://www.softsand.com/> > > A complete suite of dBase components that work well under Delphi 5, > including "memory sets" which have "populate" and "reconcile" methods for > transfering to and from disk. > > Seems to me you can also set up a "memory drive" under windows somehow: a > virtual drive that is handled by Windows, resident either in memory or > some swap file. Logically it is a drive, but fort constant disk access it > eliminates the grinding. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <mailto:delphi-en%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:delphi-en%40yahoogroups.com>] On > > Behalf Of Fred > > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 1:56 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:delphi-en%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [delphi-en] Better than dBase (.dbf) > > > > Hi All, > > > > Questions: > > 1. What is the best database to use in the following application? > > 2. Could I put the database in RAM memory so the hard drive won't be > > busy? > > > > Application: > > I build free submarine simulator software for teachers to teach math > > and science to children. They perform scientific and humanitarian > > missions only! > > The database is dBase (.dbf) with 40 records (20k bytes) which hold the > > location, speed, depth, course, ... for each contact (ships, > > submarines, whales, navigarional aids, ...) The master math engine > > (on CPU 1) updates data once every second, and other CPU's (Radar, > > Sonar, Ships, Submarines, Aircraft, ...) read the data once every 2 to 8 > > seconds. I can hear CPU 1 hard drive being very busy. I use Delphi 5 > > and 2006. I suspect there is a better database for my application than > > dBase! > > Any thoughts! > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/> > > To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:delphi-en-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > >
