Xapian discuss - Mar 2007 - Flint Database

Hi All

I'm having a problem with db_lock files and I would like to upgrade  
to the Flint database which I gather, by reading the mailing lists,  
does not suffer from this problem.

I have upgraded to the latest Xapian. I can't seem to get  
FlintDatabase or any other part of Flint to include or compile.

Could someone give me an example of the includes (c++) etc.

Many thanks

Colin

Colin Bell wrote:
> I have upgraded to the latest Xapian. I can't seem to get FlintDatabase
> or any other part of Flint to include or compile.
Do you mean the latest released version of Xapian (ie, 0.9.10) or the 
SVN HEAD?  Also, what platform are you on?

-- 
Richard

Colin Bell wrote:
> Sorry I should have been clearer
> 
> The latest release 0.9.10 running on Linux (Ubuntu)
That should compile very easily - that's the platform I'm on.

Is it actually a problem with compiling Xapian? (ie, errors occurring
when trying to build the code).  If so, could you paste the output of
the compiler here (or post a link to a webpage with it on, if the output
is very large).

Flint is included in Xapian builds unless you explicitly turn it off, so
if you just download Xapian and compile, you'll have a Xapian build
containing Flint (as well as Quartz).  However, in the 0.9.10 release,
Flint is still not the default database (it won't be made the default
until 1.0 is released).  To persuade your application to use Flint, you
can either set an environment variable, or modify your code: both
methods are explained on the following wiki page:

http://wiki.xapian.org/FlintBackend_2fHowToCreateAFlintDatabase



PS, please keep discussion on the list.  Also, the usual convention for 
this list is not to top post - it's easier to follow discussions if the 
comments occur after the subject they're commenting on.

-- 
Richard