Question

I wants to have some knowledge about how database management software is implemented. Is there any project whose source code is available.
Moreover I am not an expert in database related things, just having some knowledge of using MySQL database. So it will nice to get that code which I can understand.

Any advice regarding this will be helpful

Thanks!

Answer 1

My understanding is that the PostgreSQL source code is very well suited for learning (I have heard – but cannot confirm – that it’s used at some universities for teaching DBMS development).

The source code can be downloaded here: http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v9.1.3/

If you are more familiar with Java, you might want to look into one of the open source Java DBMS engines:

• HyberSQL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hsqldb/
• H2: http://code.google.com/p/h2database/source/checkout
• Apache Derby: http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html