Which embedded database capable of 100 million records has an efficient C or C++ API

Question

I\'m looking for a cross-platform database engine that can handle databases up hundreds of millions of records without severe degradation in query performance. It needs to h

Answer 1

SQLite tends to be the first option. It doesn't store data as strings but I think you have to build a SQL command to do the insertion and that command will have some string building.

BerkeleyDB is a well engineered product if you don't need a relationDB. I have no idea what Oracle charges for it and if you would need a license for your application.

Personally I would consider why you have some of your requirements . Have you done testing to verify the requirement that you need to do direct insertion into the database? Seems like you could take a couple of hours to write up a wrapper that converts from whatever API you want to SQL and then see if SQLite, MySql,... meet your speed requirements.