Re: [Scid-users] External database support

[Fulvio <fb...@li...>]

Michal Rudolf wrote:
> Such support is planned for ChessX (http://chessx.sourceforge.net) although it 
> is not implemented yet. Native database format will be implemented as SQLite 
> database.
I think that scid's best feature is it's database.
Compare it with chessbase: it have only three files and it is much 
faster in searching games, positions and tree statistics.
It really should be the standard open chess database format, i don't 
believe that an SQL implementation can be fast enough.

In my view there are two major problem with current scid:
- license: is scid really GPL? Why in any source file there isn't the 
usual GPL copying permission statement?
- tk/tcl: why c code (the one that really manage database) isn't 
organized as a separate library with a clean documented interface? A 
different program (like chessx for example) can read scid databases 
simply linking to the library; using all scid features (tree search, pgn 
import, game navigation, etc..) and concentrating on specific user 
interfaces.

I think that the power of open source is the creation of a communities, 
and the spread of scid database format will in return benefit the scid 
project.

Fulvio Benini