MiniDB: Mini Database Engine in C++

MiniDB is a simplified database engine implemented in C++, for the purpose of understanding the underlying details of database system. This database engine implements the most basic SQL operations as well as index on B+ tree.

Compile

To compile, you need two open source C++ libraries installed:

• boost
• readline

On Mac OS X, XCode could be used to open "MiniDB.xcodeproj" directly. It's recommended to install the two libraries needed with Homebrew. If you are using readline library not through Homebrew or not with version 8.0.1, you will need to change the header search path and library search path of readline in XCode.

On platforms where Eclipse is availbable, the whole folder could be imported to Eclipse.

To run it, you need to have global environment variable "HOME" set, the data will be stored at "$HOME/MiniDBData".

Features

Database Management

• Create Database

Syntax:		CREATE DATABASE database_name;
Example:	CREATE DATABASE abc;

• Drop Database

Syntax:		DROP DATABASE database_name;
Example: 	DROP DATABASE abc;

• Show Databases

Syntax:		SHOW DATABASES;
Example: 	SHOW DATABASES;

• Use

Syntax:		USE database_name;
Example: 	USE abc;

Table Management

• Create Table

Syntax:		CREATE TABLE table_name
			(
			column_name1 data_type(size),
			column_name2 data_type(size),
			column_name3 data_type(size),
			....,
			PRIMARY KEY (column_name)
			);
Example: 	CREATE TABLE aaa
			(
			col1 int,
			col2 float,
			col3 char(8),
			PRIMARY KEY (col1)
			);

Note: Available data types include int, float and char(N). Only one primary key could be created.

• Drop Table

Syntax:		DROP TABLE table_name;
Example:	DROP TABLE aaa;

• Show Tables

Syntax:		SHOW TABLES;
Example: 	SHOW TABLES;

Index Management

• Create Index

Syntax:		CREATE INDEX index_name
			ON table_name (column_name);
Example: 	CREATE INDEX aaacol1 
			ON aaa (col1);

Note: Index can only be created on primary key. B+ tree manipulation is implemented in all data manipulation SQLs.

• Drop Index

Syntax:		DROP INDEX index_name;
Example:	DROP INDEX aaacol1;

Data Manipulation

• Insert

Syntax:		INSERT INTO table_name
			VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);
Example: 	INSERT INTO aaa
			VALUES (111, 222.2, 'xyz');

• Select

Syntax:		SELECT * FROM table_name
			WHERE column1 = value1
			and column2 = value2
			and ...;
Example:	SELECT * FROM aaa
			WHERE col1 = 111;

Note: Only "and" logic is allowed. Only "*" is allowed.

• Delete

Syntax:		DELETE FROM table_name 
			WHERE column1 = value1
			and column2 = value2
			and ...;
Example:	DELETE FROM aaa
			WHERE col1 = 111;

Note: Only "and" logic is allowed.

• Update

Syntax:		UPDATE table_name
			SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...
			WHERE column1 = value1
			and column2 = value2
			and ...;
Example:	UPDATE aaa
			SET col2 = 555.5
			WHERE col1 = 1;

Note: Only "and" logic is allowed.

Other Features Implemented

• Help

Syntax:		HELP;
Example: 	HELP;

• Quit

Syntax:		EXIT
			or
			QUIT
Example:	EXIT
			or
			QUIT

• Exec

Syntax:		EXEC file_name;
Example: 	EXEC input.txt;

Unimplemented Features

• Transaction Management
• User Management
• Authentication
• Join
• Foreign Keys
• Views
• Complex Select

Design & Implementation

See wiki.

Test Runs

See wiki.