DBMS

A Database Management System, or DBMS, is a program or set of programs for managing databases.

Description

A DBMS is typically responsible for

  • providing storage for a structured, integrated, coherent collection of data
  • allowing the collection of data to always represent the current state of some part of the real world
  • providing the current state to an organisation which needs it to function
  • ensuring that the current state is correctly represented
  • allowing access to and use of the collection of data by one or more applications and/or users
  • providing protection for crucial data for the organisation using it

To carry out these responsibilites a DBMS usually features:

  • data structure definition facilities with provision for specifying and enforcing relationships between different types of data.
  • a data update facility
  • query languages and tools
  • provision for integrity checks
  • access and concurrency management
  • backup and recovery facilities

Little Database Systems

adb
a pure-tcl database engine with optional (non-pure) extensions to MySQL and XML
TclVSdb
Very Simple Database package Native Tcl database facility, written in Tcl
Starbase.tcl
A simple database
RS: Here I want to explore how a database can be implemented in the Tcl spirit of simplicity, and how far that approach takes us
ANSI color control
tables of pre-defined columns, and something that mimics SQL SELECT a bit

Pre-Relational Database Systems

Berkeley DB
Includes Tcl Extension for accessing all the functionality
gdbm

Hybrid Database Systems

Metakit
has a wonderful Tcl binding that makes all the power of Metakit available in a natural and intuitive way.

Object Databases

OBST

Time Series Database Systems

FameTcl
tsdb, by EF
Stores time series data in basic (and mostly ordered) text files.

Specialized Database Systems

NLItcl.tar.gz
Natural Language Inc's NLI binding
PiTcl
Palm Pilot
Lotus Notes
TKHINote
Sun Net Manager
TCLSNM

Relational Database Systems

See RDBMS

Graph Database Systems

Neo4j