File I/o

[wart101]

peoples, i need help with file i/o, what i need is to be able to store data and retrieve it when i want, my project is a simple database, now, i have ben playing with file i/o for a little while now and i am still a noob but i'm still having trouble storing the data and then being able to retrieve it once i have stored it, should i be using text files or is there something else? i know this is probably a broud question but the tutorials don't go any further and i don't know what to do, can you help?

[CornedBee]

There's also binary files.


Think about the data you want to store and retrieve. Think about all the operations you want to perform on this data. Then think about a suitable disk format for it.

[wart101]

There's also binary files.


Think about the data you want to store and retrieve. Think about all the operations you want to perform on this data. Then think about a suitable disk format for it.

would it be better using binary files for this or would you recommand using text files?

[CornedBee]

What is this? You haven't told us anything except that it is "a simple database", which says absolutely nothing.

[wart101]

What is this? You haven't told us anything except that it is "a simple database", which says absolutely nothing.

what eva, no need to be an .............., i'm still very new to this, Man all i want is some help

[wart101]

Don't worry about it man i'll figure it out my self FFS....................

[swgh]

Can or do you understand how the fstream header functions work? Read up on it, check out online help also.
Give us an example of what you have done so far if you can.

[Daved]

>> what eva, no need to be an .............., i'm still very new to this, Man all i want is some help
Re-read that post again, this time assuming that CornedBee was being helpful and not being mean. Sometimes it is difficult to identify a person's tone over the internet, so it might be better if you always assumed a person has a positive tone instead of a negative one.

[manutd]

a.k.a., we need more information.

[wart101]

>> what eva, no need to be an .............., i'm still very new to this, Man all i want is some help
Re-read that post again, this time assuming that CornedBee was being helpful and not being mean. Sometimes it is difficult to identify a person's tone over the internet, so it might be better if you always assumed a person has a positive tone instead of a negative one.

Ok, i imagined me saying it with a smile on my face, Sorry didn't work, i understand what you are saying tho, i understand i didn't give enough information but he didn't come straight out and say that!

[wart101]

now that i have had a look at it the question is way to difficult to answer without more information, i could be talking about anything involved with file i/o.

i am familliar with fstream functions but havn't mastered them yet, what i need is a good reference to these function, if you could just help me with that i should be able to help myself.

[g4j31a5]

Check out these sites:

http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/iostream/fstream/

http://www.cppreference.com/cppio/index.html

[swgh]

I also getting a decent book that teaches more advanced C++ try
Acellerated C++. Many other books do not concentrate too much on file io when reading and writing to files is a programs main goal

[wart101]

I also getting a decent book that teaches more advanced C++ try
Acellerated C++. Many other books do not concentrate too much on file io when reading and writing to files is a programs main goal

wikd thanks mate! england are doing better in the second test ay

[swgh]

Im not really into cricket but glad they are pulling it back, more of a footie person