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Asked: 2026-05-11T03:38:14+00:00

I’m looking at implementing an RDBMS. Are there any good resources out there about

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I’m looking at implementing an RDBMS. Are there any good resources out there about how a database works internally, and the kinds of things I’d need to know when starting out to build my own? (Please no comments about whether it’s a practical idea or not – just imagine it’s for a hobby project or something).

Again – interested in the RDBMS design, not the Database design. And efficiency is very important (it seems like it’s reasonably easy to design some kind of relational database like structure if I don’t care about speed).

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  1. There are a few textbooks about this sort of stuff out there, when I was in college, we did this for a class project. This book should really help you on your way Database Systems: The Complete Book

    I forgot to mention it, but my code is on googlecode here: cs4420-dbase

    Please forgive the fact it is written in java, but I was outvoted by my teammates on that decision. but the basic ideas are all still there. It handles file creation and handling as well as a simple SQL parser and optimizer. It handles basic indexing (b-tree) and ‘memory’ management. Please forgive some of the lack of commenting and strange commenting, many late nights were spent on that project.

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