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Article
DDA — a data definition facility for unix using awk†
Article first published online: 30 OCT 2006
DOI: 10.1002/spe.4380151008
Copyright © 1985 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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Bailes, P. A. (1985), DDA — a data definition facility for unix using awk. Softw: Pract. Exper., 15: 1011–1020. doi: 10.1002/spe.4380151008
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 30 OCT 2006
- Article first published online: 30 OCT 2006
- Manuscript Received: 12 JUL 1984
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Keywords:
- Awk;
- Database;
- UNIX;
- Wine-tasting
Abstract
We discuss how the Awk language is an effective tool for interrogating sequential data files whose records consist of characters grouped into fields. This facility is used to implement a system to manage an ‘address book’ database. We then generalize the design, describing a system which allows one to interactively specify a DBMS according to one's own requirements within our general framework. We choose a wine-tasting DBMS as an example specification for further consideration and evaluation.