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Qddb 1.42.5 released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Thu Aug 24 12:43:44 1995
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 15:06:55 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: "Eric H. Herrin II" <eric@mscf.uky.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: Qddb 1.42.5 released
Organization: University of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Summary: Tk 4.0 port of qddb released.
Keywords: tcl tk qddb database
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Current version: 1.42.5
Release date: Tue Aug 22 01:05:30 EDT 1995
Qddb 1.42.5 is a bug fix release for Qddb 1.42 that
supports Tk 3.6 or Tk 4.0. Read the WHATSNEW
file in the distribution for info about what changed.
Requires [incr Tcl] and we recommend BLT. We also
now support inclusion of the Tix 4.0 extension if you
use Tk 4.0.
What is it?
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Qddb is a database suite that allows you to create relations,
add tuples, modify tuples, delete tuples, and search for tuples
in a fast and very flexible way. Qddb revolves around the
idea of a "tuple tree," where tuples are stored and manipulated
in an intuitive, pre-joined fashion.
Qddb supports the following search techniques: regular expressions,
words and word ranges, numbers and numeric ranges, and dates and date
ranges. Approximate matching is coming soon. Qddb can use Tcl as
its configuration language, so you can build custom interfaces to your
Qddb databases with it. We provide a reasonably nice generic interface
so you can be up and running quickly. There are manual pages for all
the utilities and Tcl commands, and we include draft 1 of a manual
(Doc/Manual).
If you choose to use the Tcl/Tk interface, you'll need
Tcl 7.3 and Tk 3.6p1, as well as [incr Tcl] 1.5 for the toolkit.
We highly recommend the TclX and BLT extensions as well. Full
support for Tcl 7.4 and Tk 4.0 are coming in release 1.43.
Read the FAQ and README; the user's manual in Doc/Manual
has a nice chapter to get you started. A new tech-report on
Qddb algorithms/structures is available in:
ftp.ms.uky.edu:/pub/unix/qddb/papers/255-95.ps.gz
This is BETA software, but we have been happily using the underlying
stuff for years. We have tested Qddb on MIPS Ultrix, OSF/1 (Alpha),
BSD/{386,OS}, Linux, HP/UX, SunOS and Solaris. We have reports that it
works under UnixWare, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Irix, and Sony NeWS. If you have
a different operating system or architecture, we'd appreciate hearing
from you.
***** From the README *****
QDDB stands for 'Quick and Dirty DataBase' (due to the nature of its origin)
and is rapidly evolving. Most of the code has changed drastically (or has
been totally rewritten) from the original version and is now much more
stable. The program(s) are currently in BETA condition, so there are
undoubtedly numerous bugs that we would appreciate hearing about. Suggestions
and bug reports are also quite welcome.
There is a mailing list 'qddb-users@ms.uky.edu' that you can
subscribe to for general discussion/information about qddb. Send mail to:
'qddb-users-request@ms.uky.edu'
with the subject of 'subscribe' and a body containing your name/e-mail address.
I monitor this list and I will usually answer posted questions. For bug
reports, you may wish to submit them to both 'qddb-users@ms.uky.edu'
and 'qddb-bugs@ms.uky.edu' so that other qddb users may benefit from your
ill experiences.
Please note that minor Qddb versions are generally announced *only*
to the qddb-users mailing list.
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