Re: Crash-proof databases

I have used the Btrieve system for years with QBasic and I would guess it
is available for VB as well.  It is totally crash proof and very fast at
retrieving records.  Originally it was by Softcraft until it was acquired
by Novell.  Later it was spunoff as Btrieve Co.

The key to the system is that it pre-images (toggable) all changes to the
database(s) so that in the event of a shutdown, it can automatically
rebuild the pointers.  Lot's of PC software is based on Btrieve today.
This is a great crash-proof DB system.

Jerry

At 08:15 AM 6/15/99 -0400, you wrote:
>All --
>
>I spend most of my time now-a-days coding in VB using SQL Server as the
>database. Because of this fact, I subscribe to both this list and the
>VISBAS-L list.
>
>A current discussion in the VISBAS-L list is whether anyone knows of a
>crash-proof database.
>
>I and two others answered "DB2/400".
>
>Nothing else was even suggested as crash-proof.
>
>The word is spreading! <g>
>
>Peace,


Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, Nlynx, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com
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