A Programmer's Guide to Qddb
Version 1.42

Eric H. Herrin, II and Raphael A. Finkel

January, 1996

 
• Contents
  • 0.1 Copyright and Warranty
  • 0.2 Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Software structure
  • 1.3 History
  • 1.4 Feedback
• 2 Getting Started
• 3 Generic user interfaces
  • Text-based user interfaces
  • 3.2 Graphical user interface: nxqddb
• 4 Qddb files, structures and algorithms
  • 4.1 The stable and the slippery
  • 4.2 Stabilization
  • 4.3 Structure files
• 5 Compiling and installing Qddb
  • Machine-specific notes
  • 5.2 Problems, bugs, and suggestions
• 7.1.1 Schemas
  • 6.1 The format
  • 6.2 Complex data: some advice
• 7 Writing Qddb Applications in Tcl
  • 7.1 Data abstractions
  • 7.2 QTcl Commands
  • 7.3 Searching
  • 7.4 Retrieving and displaying rows
  • 7.5 Importing data from conventional relational databases
• 8 Designing Custom Qddb Interfaces with the Fx Toolkit
  • 8.1 Requirements
  • 8.2 The tools
  • 8.3 A simple example
  • 8.4 Implementing custom features
  • 8.5 The design and implementation of nxqddb(1)
• References
• About this document ...

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