Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!think!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!labrea!glacier!leeke From: leeke@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (Steven D. Leeke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Database toolkits Keywords: Resource Manager, Databases Message-ID: <17474@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Date: 31 May 88 20:59:38 GMT Reply-To: leeke@glacier.UUCP (Steven D. Leeke) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 33 References: I would like to be able to use something like the resource manager for a database since it does so many things well, but the resource mgr itself is out due to performance limitations on large files and the upper limit of 2727 resources/file. I should start by asking if there is a way to augment or "fix" the resource mgr to get beyond these limitations? Would multiple (ugh) resource files be a reasonable option? In light of this, what database toolkits (source or binaries) are available to help support an application with 30-40 distinct object types, 10-20 fields per object type, several thousand object instances, and the need to look-up & return an object by type and serial number? Many objects reference or contain other objects. We have ctree source and while it might do the job it is a generic toolkit. At this point in the project I would really like to plug in a library to get the needed functionality. Also, as the resource mgr does, it would be preferable to run out of one logical file, but this isn't a hard and fast rule. Finally, functionality is more important than price, i.e. we need to get the project completed... Many thanks for any help anyone can offer, Steve Leeke -- Steven D. Leeke, Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford University {ucbvax,decvax}!decwrl!glacier!leeke, leeke@glacier.stanford.edu "I suppose they don't use money in the 23rd century?"