THANK YOU ALL for your ideas. I have plenty to work with! --- Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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! > > >
