[okfn-labs] Text files as a database

Wed Feb 26 08:06:34 UTC 2014

Hi,

They look pretty similar :-) Q looks like it supports JOINS so it is pretty
handy for really large datasets :-) Anyone has experience with any of them?

Cheers,

Daniel

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Thiago Pereira Bueno <
thiago.pbueno at gmail.com> wrote:

> What about TextQL https://github.com/dinedal/textql ?
> I've never really used it for any serious project but it seems quite
> similar and interesting..
>
> Greetings from Brazil!
> Thiago
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Daniel Lombraña González <
> teleyinex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I guess some of you might know it but yesterday I found by accident this
>> interesting piece of software: https://github.com/harelba/q
>>
>> It is a tool that handles text files as DBs allowing you to query stuff
>> in files, something that I think it is really neat ;-) and that's why I
>> wanted to share it with you.
>>
>> Do you know if there another similar tools?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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>> Please do NOT use proprietary file formats to share files
>> like DOC or XLS, instead use PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV or
>> any other format that does not impose on the user the employment
>> of any specific software to work with the information inside the files.
>>
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>> Por favor, NO utilice formatos de archivo propietarios para el
>> intercambio de documentos, como DOC y XLS, sino PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV
>> o cualquier otro que no obligue a utilizar un programa de un
>> fabricante concreto para tratar la información contenida en él.
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*::* @teleyinex <https://twitter/teleyinex>
*Project Lead, Lead Developer :: *Crowdcrafting.org *::*
PyBossa<http://dev.pybossa.com>
*Fellow* *::* The Shuttleworth
Foundation<http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellows/daniel-lombrana/>
*Senior Researcher :: *Citizen Cyberscience
Centre<http://citizencyberscience.net>
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Please do NOT use proprietary file formats to share files
like DOC or XLS, instead use PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV or
any other format that does not impose on the user the employment
of any specific software to work with the information inside the files.
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Por favor, NO utilice formatos de archivo propietarios para el
intercambio de documentos, como DOC y XLS, sino PDF, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV
o cualquier otro que no obligue a utilizar un programa de un
fabricante concreto para tratar la información contenida en él.
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