From: Leslie Mikesell <les@Mcs.Net>
Message-Id: <199803061737.LAA05557@Mercury.mcs.net>
Subject: Re: [QUESTIONS] ndbm emulation library?
To: scrappy@hub.org (The Hermit Hacker)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:37:39 -0600 (CST)
Cc: les@Mcs.Net, pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980306115048.26524N-100000@hub.org> from "The
	Hermit Hacker" at Mar 6, 98 11:51:58 am
Content-Type: text

> 
> > Has anyone done an ndbm emulation library that could be linked into
> > existing applications to make them use pgsql tables instead?  I guess
> > you'd have to use a default hardcoded database name or pick it up
> > from the environment but otherwise it seems like it should work and
> > be an easy way to get access to the same data via ODBC and all the
> > other ways of using pgsql.
> 
> 	I'm confused, but...why would you want to do this vs using the
> standard libpq interface?

I've already got apps using ndbm (and getting occasional file
corruption).  I'd like to fix this and get the benefits of
multi-host access and the ability to write new code to access
the same data in all the ways possible with pgsql.  If we had
a wrapper around libpq with ndbm emulation it would be as simple
as re-linking my old apps and migrating the data.

  Les Mikesell
    les@mcs.com