We've spent a lot of time thinking about file system front ends
for databases (mostly in the context of pq, but not entirely). I'm
unconvinced that this model of representation really adds much
for most databases.
The problem is that the application talking to the database
still has to know too mu
I had been thinking of adding a database to Plan 9 for a while.
Here's my design:
The DBMS is a 9P server. Upon mounting, it takes as arguments two files:
- the list of names of records and fields
- the data itself
It then parses the data into virtual files in the location given
> I haven't used PQ either. In fact, has anyone used PQ in the last
> couple years? I wouldn't trust OO to do my databases, but considering
> the Sinkhole of Support I'd be likely to experience with PQ (it's in
> sources/extra, it's old, it's unsupported), I'd be more inclined to
> write an inter
