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+# tdb [![Build Status](https://jenkins.home.keganmyers.com/buildStatus/icon?job=tdb)](https://jenkins.home.keganmyers.com/job/tdb/)
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+TDB is a table-oriented database in golang built atop bolt. It does lots of things:
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+* Records stored in protobuf with automatic (de)serialization
+* Indexed secondary fields
+* Unique secondary fields
+* Cross-table elationships (strong foreign keys)
+* Indexing of array fields
+* Non-null constraints
+* (Vaguely) optimizing query engine
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+# Status
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+Proof of concept. I aim to use it in some of my projects so it will be maintained as long as makes sense.
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+It is tested, but iIt probably isn't safe. It isn't benchmarked, so it probably isn't fast. It's getting there, and currently achieves its goals of being feture rich and having few dependencies.