MinneStore^TM upgrades

I have been keeping a list of desirable features that I think should be added to MinneStore. If you have an opinion on the importance of these, or other features that you feel should be included, please send me an e-mail.

I tend to make progress on MinneStore in spurts. The Spring and Fall of each year has traditionally been my most productive time on MinneStore, however I am working on slicing out more regular time for making improvements.

The following list is in order of priority:

1. I am currently working on completing the multi-user functionality.

2. Add the ability to retrieve index values without bringing all the objects into memory. This is convenient for displaying in drop-down lists, etc.

3. Add a more convenient backup/restore feature. Currently, backing up a database involves making a copy of the whole directory (which includes indices, etc.).

4. Add more indexing options. For example, retrieving everything in an ObjectSet that is related to an object in another ObjectSet.

5. Allow an index to handle multiple values from the same object. Right now it is like a relational database where an indexed column can have only one value.

6. Allow multiple object classes in a "many" aspect.

Past upgrades through version 2.02 include:

• Added the capability to "cursor" through all objects in an ObjectSet without reading them all into memory at one time.

• Added the capability to add an index to an ObjectSet after it has been defined.

• Added detection code so that when a database is opened in a new location on disk it recovers without an exception being thrown.