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9290: [MUD-Dev] Re: From DevMud: Database module

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From: Mik Clarke <mikclrk@ibm.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 15:40:54 +0000
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
Greg Connor wrote:
> 
> Anyway, the context is "trying to develop an API for a generic database
> module".  Earlier I had suggested working on a generic API rather than
> specific code, so that there could later be multiple interchangeable
> modules that all use the same interface... meaning more flexibility for the
> end user.  There may eventually come a time when a devmud-derived server
> offers both a "free" database and a "high-end" plug in to a
> high-performance third party DB.

I hope you have a good reason for not using ODBC or JDBC?

Mik
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