FairCom is pleased to present the FairCom database API — FairCom DB API. The FairCom DB API gives application developers a simple interface into the powerful core of c-tree database engine, yet includes the advanced functionality that distinguishes FairCom from other database solutions. The FairCom DB API offers a method of database creation and maintenance that is easier to use than the traditional FairCom DB ISAM and FairCom Low-Level APIs. The FairCom database utilizes the simplified concepts of sessions, databases, and tables in addition to the standard concepts of records, fields, indexes, and segments. This database API allows for effortless and productive management of database systems.
Quick Start Tutorials
FairCom provides four quick tutorials for each supported API. These tutorials show the major components of our core technology:
- How to init, define and manage data.
- How to handle index files.
- How to use locks in a multi-user environment.
- How to use transaction processing.
You can find these tutorials in the ReadMe files for the FairCom DB API navigational interface:
FairCom DB API Interfaces for Other Languages
FairCom offers navigational interfaces for many languages.
Navigational record-oriented interfaces:
| Language | Notes |
Drivers Folder (V12 location) |
Nickname |
| C | Record-oriented C API | c.nav | ctdb |
| C++ | Record-oriented C++ API | cpp.nav | ctpp |
| C# | Record-oriented Microsoft C# .NET API | csharp.nav | |
| Java | Record-oriented Java API | java.nav | jtdb |
| JPA Hibernate | Java | java.jpa.nav | ctree.isam.jpa |
| Node.js JavaScript - NAV | Record-oriented API for JavaScript | nodejs.nav | c-tree Node.js Module |
| Python FairCom NAV | Record-oriented API for Python | python.nav | Python NAV |
| Visual Basic | Record-oriented API for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET | vb.nav | vtdb |
| VCL | Record-oriented API for VCL data components for Embarcadero Delphi | (available from FairCom) | dtdb |
You can find additional tutorials and information about the entire set of FairCom APIs in the following ReadMe:
The ReadMe files document the very basic tutorials packaged with the product. On the FairCom website you can find highly informative interactive tutorials:
These tutorials cover the major programming languages that FairCom DB API supports and go in depth to illustrate best practices for multi-threaded environments with SQL compatibility.