datastorage

Best (free) way to store data? How about updates to the file system?

Hi, I have an idea for how to solve this problem, but I wanted to know if there's something easier and more extensible to my problem. The program I'm working on has two basic forms of data: images, and the information associated with those images. The information associated with the images has been previously stored in a JET database ...

Suitable data storage backend for Erlang application when data doesn't fit memory

I'm researching possible options how to organize data storage for an Erlang application. The data it supposed to use is basically a huge collection of binary blobs indexed by short string ids. Each blob is under 10 Kb but there are many of them. I'd expect that in total they would have size up to 200 Gb so obviously it cannot fit into me...

C# Storage of User Entered Data

I'm trying to write a C# program, where when a user enters some data into a text box and clicks on a "save" button, the information is stored in some sort of file that when the program is opened the next time around, the information is automatically loaded in. I'm using Visual C# express. What's the best way to do this without requirin...

Highest Performance Database Storage Mechanism

I need ideas to implement a (really) high performance in-memory Database/Storage Mechanism. In the range of storing 20,000+ objects, with each object updated every 5 or so seconds. I would like a FOSS solution. What is my best option? What are your experiences? I am working primarily in Java, but I need the datastore to have good perf...

Storage capacity for a magnetic swipe card

Any idea regarding the usual storage capacity of a magnetic swipe card ( like the ones that are used in ATM's ) ? (PS : Tried googling but didn't get anything satisfactory and point on) ...

Storing multiple employee IDs in one column of data

Web app is being written in classic ASP with a MSSQL backend. On this particular page, the admin can select 1 or any/all of the employees to assign the project to. I'm trying to figure out a simple way to store the employee IDs of the people assigned to it in one column. The list of employees is generated from another table and can be d...

Performance consideration: Spread rows in multiple tables vs concentrate all rows in one table.

Performance consideration: Spread rows in multiple tables vs concentrate all rows in one table. Hi. I need to log information about about every step that goes on in the application in an SQL DB. There are certain tables, I want the log should be related to: Product - should log when a product has been created changed etc. Order - same ...

Android: How do I deal with storing Bookmarks?

I am essentially using a listview but am looking at providing a bookmark functionality. I am thinking that I should store the item attributes in a file when bookmarked and retrieve when required to populate a bookmark listview. I was wondering if there is a de facto standard used in achieving this or do I follow just the "writing into ...

iPhone How to BackUp third party application data on PC ?

Hi, I have a query regarding BackUp of third party application data on PC. I am developing an application which can store photos, text, recordings. The user can add number of photos or recordings. So at the runtime, size of application storage will go on increasing. User will never want to loose his data but storage is limited. Hence ...

Most efficient way to store simple data in drupal 6 and share with views?

I have a simple form that allows users to select an option from a select menu and then save it in the database. I need to store the full name so that views can use it. So the table in my database might look like this: nid | uid | type ------------------ 1 | 2 | 0 2 | 2 | 3 1 | 3 | 5 3 | 1 | 4 and so on... I was thinkin...

XML in C++ Builder 6

How can I use XML as a simple data storage in Borland C++ Builder 6? Is there an internal class, which I could use? Thank's for help ...

iPad - best way to store data

Hi, What is the best way to store big amount of data in your application on iPad? e.g. I want store lot of manuals in PDF (like 200-500MB) and use them? Will be (these data) synced during synchronization in iTunes? ...

Any (or best) way to share data between desktop and browser/webapp?

I am looking for a way to let the user expose some local data to an webapp. The idea is to have a webapplication that goes somethings (e.g. plots a chart, edits photos, etc...) using information directly from the desktop instead of requiring the user to upload the data. While some of it might be possible with some technologies like Flas...

Postgresql vs. MySQL: how do their data sizes compare to each other?

For the same data set, with mostly text data, how do the data (table + index) size of Postgresql compared to that of MySQL? Postgresql uses MVCC, that would suggest its data size would be bigger In this presentation, the largest blog site in Japan talked about their migration from Postgresql to MySQL. One of their reasons for moving aw...

I need a C++ interface to S4s server

Does anyone have a C++ Object interface for the S4 server? ...