Re: PostgreSQL as a filesystem

On Monday 18 April 2005 01:42 pm, Christopher Nelson wrote:
> This isn't a high-priority question.
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> I'm developing a hobby OS and I'm looking into file systems. I've
> thought about writing my own, and that appeals, but I'm also very
> interested in the database-as-a-filesystem paradigm. It would be nice
> to not have to write all of the stuff that goes into the DBMS (e.g.
> parsers, query schedulers, etc) myself.
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> So I was wondering what sort of filesystem requirements Postgre has.
> For example, could I write a simple interface layer that just requests
> blocks from the physical device and translate those into byte sets, or
> does the DB actually require multiple files mapped by a larger file
> system that maintains names, etc.
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> I guess my real question is how much file system support is really
> required by the DBMS's disk routines. Please reply to
> nadiasvertex(at)gmail(dot)com since I'm not subscribed to this list. Thanks in
> advance!
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> -={C}=-

You might be interested in the following site. It is a Python DBAPI driver
that uses the file system as a database.
http://fssdb.sourceforge.net/

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Adrian Klaver
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