ddb 1.4.169

A serviceless sql interface for flat files written in cython

ddb (delimited database)

A serviceless sql interface for flat files written in python

What does it do?

• ddb sits on top of text files, giving them a database access layer
• you can read, write, update text files of any type via sql

Human benifits

• a common interface for text files
• sql is easy to work with, no coding required
• painless side by side integration
• multiple integration vectors (python, shell, slack, ansible)
• ease of automation

Technical benifits

• abstraction layer for data
• provides migration path for data
• change control
• logging
• permissions
• low memory foot print
• error handeling
• data is live, never cached
• optimized for speed using cython

Python 2 / 3 Compliant

• changes sorting
• tons of byte vs str (encoding)