snobol4sqlite3dbm - Man Page

"dbm" style interface for SNOBOL4 using SQLite3

Synopsis

-INCLUDE 'sqlite3dbm.3'

        dbhandle = SQL3DBM_OPEN(file,flags,mode)

        SQL3DBM_CLOSE(dbhandle)

        SQL3DBM_STORE(dbhandle,key,datum,flags)

        datum = SQL3DBM_FETCH(dbhandle,key)

        SQL3DBM_DELETE(dbhandle,key)

        key = SQL3DBM_FIRSTKEY(dbhandle)

        key = SQL3DBM_NEXTKEY(dbhandle)

        SQL3DBM_ERRMSG(dbhandle)

Description

A DBM compatible interface for snobol4(1) using the sqlite3 embedded database engine, and allows concurrent access by multiple processes.

SQL3DBM_OPEN

takes a filename (STRING), and ignores any additional arguments, and returns a database handle.

SQL3DBM_CLOSE

takes a database handle and closes it.

SQL3DBM_STORE

takes a database handle, a key, a value, and a flag, one of SQL3DBM_INSERT or SQL3DBM_REPLACE.

SQL3DBM_FETCH

takes a database handle and a key and returns a datum (if any) stored with that key.

SQL3DBM_DELETE

takes a database handle and a key and deletes the stored datum (if any).

SQL3DBM_FIRSTKEY

takes a database handle and returns a database key.

SQL3DBM_NEXTKEY

takes a database handle and returns a database key when called after SQL3DBM_FIRSTKEY.

SQL3DBM_ERRMSG

takes a database handle and string for the last sqlite3 database error.

Compatibility

database compatible with Python sqlite3dbm

See Also

snobol4(1), snobol4dbm(3), sqlite3(1)

Author

Philip L. Budne

Referenced By

snobol4(1), snobol4ndbm(3).

March 31, 2022 CSNOBOL4B 2.3.1 CSNOBOL4 Manual