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RDB User's Guide

Introduction

• Purpose
• RDB format

Basic Interface

• Creating RDB objects for reading or writing
• RDB header and table information
• Accessing comments and columns
• Table I/O
• Rewinding tables
• Automatic indexing for column data
• Group columns

• Creating RDB objects
• Header and table size
• Comment initializers
• Comment accessors
• Column initializers
• Column accessors

Specialized Interface

• Data storage
  1. Default data storage
  2. User-specified data storage
  3. Auto-indexing
• Stream manipulation
  1. Effects on data storage
  2. Limitations

Examples

• Creating an output file
• A simple filter
• Using group columns

Author(s):

M. Tibbetts

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