Hello all!

I wonder whether anyone can give me pointers towards how to start writing a database program from scratch? I have experience of C/C++ for smallish programs. I'm not trying to write the next Oracle or MySQL just something I might be able to use in my own programs - therefore it should be flexible enough to be applied to different situations. I've searched the net but I mostly come up with how to design dbs for existing db programs but not really how to write the db itself. Any help at all - suggestions, books, links - would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance

MySql is open source if you want to look into it.

You can read this for a start:
Database Management System


Paramesh.

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Thanks Paramesh, I checked out that link and have started reading books on theory of dbs (Cobb/Date etc)

My main area of concern is how to implement something like SQL in bespoke database - are we talking about writing an interpreter to perform such tasks?

I fear YES!

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Well, I am looking for a challenge!