I have a flat file generated by a C program. Each record in the file consists of a fixed length header followed by data. The header contains a field indicating the size of the following data. My ul...

The higher-ups in my company were told by good friends that flat files are the way to go, and we should switch from SQL Server to them for everything we do. We have over 300 servers and hundreds of...

I was wondering if anyone knows. Is 'flat' the opposite of hierarchal? Does it come from a phrase like, "this is a flat-out regular file"?

I currently work in the position of Data Warehouse programmer and as such have to put numerous flat files through ETL process. Of course prior to loading the file I have to be aware of its content,...

I am having a problem uploading data from tab-delimited flat files (TSV files) into SQL Server 2005 using the SSIS Data Import wizard. I did not experience this problem using the equivalent p...

I need a simple way for multiple running PHP scripts to share data. Should I create a MySQL DB with a RAM storage engine, and share data via that (can multiple scripts connect to the same DB simu...

Is there a standard or open format which can be used to describe the formating of a flat file. My company integrates many different customer file formats. With an XML file it's easy to get or creat...

This is more of a business-oriented programming question that I can't seem to figure out how to resolve. I work with a team of programmers who have been working with BASIC for over 20 years. I was ...

Here is a curiousity question. I have an application that must support both flat files and the database as a place to persist data. I was thinking maybe using a .csv or tab-delimited set of files a...

I'm looking for a light-weight database library that I can compile into a C++ application. Does any such exist?

Why are flat text files the state of the art for representing source code? Sure - the preprocessor and compiler need to see a flat file representation of the file, but that's easily created....