2006-10-30 22:05:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Well... any way to store data (in computers that is) is called "database". So, your question doesn't make very much sense.
Perhaps, you meant an alternative to a relational database? Then, the answer is yes. There are object oriented databases, OLAP databases... almost every data manipulation application - like excel, or even word - has it's own internal database...
I get a feeling, this is not the kind of answer you were looking for. Perhaps, formulating your question in some more concrete way would help?
2006-10-30 23:39:18 · answer #1 · answered by n0body 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes there are alternatives available.
Before Data Base, Your File system acted as a storage for ur data. It may be flat file or anything.
Actually all the databases, stores ur data internally in a file system only.
Some of the databases are written using c++, Now database written in xml as well as java has come up.
Upto my knowledge the storage of data is internally done with the help of file system only.
2006-10-31 04:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by Sudha P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can store the data in flat file and read the contents just like you would read a table. But you would have to design how to store your data in flat file like abc.txt
Alternatively you can store the data in LDAP eg. IPlanet from Sun.
LDAP is a light directory access protocol which is comparatively faster. Even though it has limitation, it can be a replacement of databases (Oracle, SQL) depending upon what you would like to use it for
2006-10-30 22:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by mcubea 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
database
-noun. a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
So basically, your question now reads as "is there an alternative way to storing data, other than storing it?".
I'm afraid not, the only way to store anything is to store it.
Rawlyn.
2006-10-30 23:03:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Excel sheet, is the other alternative.
But you may not be able to do lot of operations with data.
In that case, you may want to go for flat file storing.
2006-10-30 22:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by manoj Ransing 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can use XML as an alternative to database. If you want more info. Just perform a
2006-10-30 23:54:43 · answer #6 · answered by IAPONYA3 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very simple keep the data recording manually on the paper you dont need any data base
2006-10-30 22:18:19 · answer #7 · answered by khem_2k786 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can choose xml as an alternative.
visit:
http://www.gcn.com/print/24_6/35285-1.html
http://exist.sourceforge.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_database
2006-10-30 23:24:11 · answer #8 · answered by Linux 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are several...
among the hot topics....
try using xml.
It can even be used as a rdbms!!!
2006-10-30 22:44:59 · answer #9 · answered by Demo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋