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Developer Guide |
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c-treeDB API for C |
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Developers |
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c-treeDB Navigational, Session-Oriented C API |
Copyright: |
© Copyright 2024, FairCom Corporation. All rights reserved. For full information, see the FairCom Copyright Notice. |
FairCom is pleased to present the c-tree database API — c-treeDB API. c-treeDB API gives application developers a simple interface into the powerful core of c-tree database engine, yet includes the advanced functionality that distinguishes c-tree from other database solutions. The c-treeDB API offers a method of database creation and maintenance that is easier to use than the traditional FairCom DB ISAM and FairCom Low-Level APIs. The c-tree database utilizes the simplified concepts of sessions, databases, and tables in addition to the standard concepts of records, fields, indexes, and segments. This database API allows for effortless and productive management of database systems.
Overview
The c-treeDB C API provides libraries that, once installed and correctly referenced, allow C programs to access the c-tree database core via function calls. The c-tree database API gives application developers a simple interface into the powerful core of c-tree, yet includes the advanced functionality that distinguishes c-tree from other database solutions. The c-treeDB API offers a method of database creation and maintenance that is easier to use than the traditional FairCom DB NoSQL (ISAM) and FairCom Low-Level APIs.
The c-treeDB API utilizes the simplified concepts of sessions, databases, and tables in addition to the standard concepts of records, fields, indices, and segments. This database layer allows for effortless and productive management of database systems.
The c-treeDB API consists of two separate APIs. The C++ API provides the classes and methods that comprise the database functionality. The C API provides the function calls without object-oriented schema. Aside from the schematic differences, there are few distinctions between these c-treeDB C++ and C APIs.
Layout of this Manual
This documentation, which describes the c-treeDB C API, is divided into the following major chapters:
Quick Tour
The quick tour section will show how easy it is to develop database applications using the c-treeDB C API. Basically you should initialize, define, manage, and you are done. Please take a look at our introductory tutorials for a quick introduction into c-treeDB database programming.
Programmer’s Reference
The programmer's reference presents a detailed description of the concepts exported by c-treeDB C API. Each concept is presented with a detailed description and programming examples.
Function Reference
The function reference details the functions that comprise the c-treeDB C API.
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FairCom provides four quick tutorials for each supported API. These tutorials show the major components of our core technology:
You can find these tutorials in the ReadMe files for the c-treeDB API navigational interface:
c-treeDB API Interfaces for Other Languages
FairCom offers navigational interfaces for many languages.
Navigational record-oriented interfaces:
Language |
Notes |
Drivers Folder (V12 location) |
Nickname |
Record-oriented C API |
c.nav |
ctdb |
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Record-oriented C++ API |
cpp.nav |
ctpp |
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Record-oriented Microsoft C# .NET API |
csharp.nav |
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Record-oriented Java API |
java.nav |
jtdb |
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Java |
java.jpa.nav |
ctree.isam.jpa |
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Record-oriented API for JavaScript |
nodejs.nav |
c-tree Node.js Module |
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Record-oriented API for Python |
python.nav |
Python NAV |
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Record-oriented API for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET |
vb.nav |
vtdb |
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VCL |
Record-oriented API for VCL data components for Embarcadero Delphi |
(available from FairCom) |
dtdb |
You can find additional tutorials and information about the entire set of FairCom APIs in the following ReadMe:
The ReadMe files document the very basic tutorials packaged with the product. On the FairCom website you can find a highly informative interactive tutorial:
This tutorial covers the major programming languages that c-treeDB API supports. It goes into depth to illustrate best practices for multi-threaded environments with SQL compatibility.
