Article Discussion: Using CSV Files as Databases and Interacting with Them Using Java

In this article, we’ll show the reader how to use a simple CSV
(comma-separated values) file as a simplistic database setup.  We will
leverage the JDBC-ODBC to interact with a CSV file, reading and writing to it
with SQL.  Such a technique can be particularly useful for someone trying
to write simple database code, but not able to because a local database instance
is not pragmatic. 


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Sorry, but from a java centric article I would have expected an introduction to CSVJDBC which is a jdbc driver for flat files, not a MS specific article like this.

agreed, the article should be marked as windows specific and, even then, there's no need for it to be.