In previous articles we learned to use many data structures but we were not able to persist data, as soon as we closed our program, data is lost.
We learned to work with files so now, its time that we create our first persistent database.
Create a persistent database or a key-value store, that has features as follows,
1 - Create new databases
2 - Select a database
3 - Insert Data
There are many Databases/keyvalue stores available with much more features than our JokeDB but we wanted to create something of our own. so lets get started.
Just in case you want to use some of professional key-value stores, check these out
For people who want to use JokeDB lets first make it :)
In our example we are just creating a Database class, because that is enough for our purpose, but you can extend this jokeDB to create amazing features into it and use it as needed.
We start by creating a Class called Jokedb, which has three methods
class Jokedb
attr_accessor :dbFile
def initialize(name)
_name = name+".dat"
if !File::exists?("jokedb/"+_name)
Dir.mkdir('jokedb') unless Dir.exist?('jokedb')
@dbFile = File.new("jokedb/"+_name, "w")
else
@dbFile = File.open("jokedb/"+_name)
end
#File.open(name) if File::exists?(name)
end
def show_content
IO.foreach(@dbFile){|block| puts block}
end
def insert(key, value)
open(@dbFile, 'a') { |f|
f << "[\"#{key}\",\"#{value}\"]\n"
puts "Data Inserted: [\"#{key}\",\"#{value}\"]"
}
end
end
Initialize method is used to Create a db directory, and inside that directory a new database file.
Second method opens database file, and appends it the text which is passed to it, as key and value.
You should also know that, while use this in code you can also pass a HASH to it as a value which is cool :)
but for our purpose, we will store a key, and a value
This method allows you to see the content of the database, e.g all the records
Later on we can implement more features to our JokeDB, so that it can also search for a record, it should also delete a record, it can also sort a record .. but for now we are going with just these few methods.
Lets now create main.rb file and use our JokeDB there
require_relative 'jokedb'
while $entry.to_i != 5
print "1 - Create New Database \n2 - Select Database\n3 - Insert Data\n4 - Show Data\n5 - Exit\nYour Choice: "
$entry = gets.chomp
if $entry.to_i == 1
print "Insert Database Name : "
_dbname = gets.chomp
_myDatabase = Jokedb.new(_dbname)
elsif $entry.to_i == 2
print "Select Database : "
_dbname = gets.chomp
$myDatabase = Jokedb.new(_dbname)
elsif $entry.to_i == 3
print "Insert key : "
_key = gets.chomp
print "Insert Value : "
_value = gets.chomp
$myDatabase.insert(_key, _value)
elsif $entry.to_i == 4
$myDatabase.show_content()
elsif $entry.to_i == 5
puts "Exiting .... "
else
puts "Invalid choice "
end
end
Create a Database
Notice that, after I typed Database name, it creates a jokedb folder, and puts a database file in it.
As soon as my Database is created I can then select it, and Start inserting data
Notice that I can also create another database, and insert data into it