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How to manage a simple database (text file)

2010-10-11T05:54:38-04:00

I read and saw some scripts using it but I didn't know if it's a good way but I will test it.
About searching... well I searched by "text file database" an didn't found that post.

Thx for all.

Statistics: Posted by skgsergio — Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:54 am

Re: How to manage a simple database (text file)

2010-10-10T21:19:33-04:00

Just thinking about it ( I haven't experimented and tried it) ... could you read your text file into a list?
( http://forum.egghelp.org/viewtopic.php?t=6885 )

Then, manipulate the list... searching, replacing, etc.
( ex: http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/lreplace.htm
and
http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/lsearch.htm )

When done, write the list back to text file, overwriting the original file.

Is that viable?

p.s. There is a high probability that I've read about doing it this way, somewhere in the past. Most likely, that would be this forum. In other words, it might be a good idea to try some searches here... you might find it described in more detail.

Statistics: Posted by willyw — Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:19 pm

How to manage a simple database (text file)

2010-10-10T20:02:30-04:00

I'm trying to do a simple database with this schema using text file:

Code:

Nick1 Number NumberNick2 Number NumberNick3 Number Number...

How to use data is simple and how to search or insert a new line is easy.

But I don't know how to do things like modify an entry (or delete but I don't need delete for my script).

Anyone can help me?

Statistics: Posted by skgsergio — Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:02 pm