From: alexpdp7 <alex@pdp7.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 08:33:12 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add streaming database
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Add streaming database
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diff --git a/IDEAS b/IDEAS
index 7d9950b..065bf1b 100644
--- a/IDEAS
+++ b/IDEAS
@@ -85,3 +85,11 @@ SQL2
 * Makes queries composable (e.g. declare a query object, then add paging/sorting, for framework usage)
 * Declarative join via foreign key constraint names
 * Better ordering for code completion (e.g. FROMs first)
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+Streaming DB
+
+* Simple relational database
+* Can act as replication target of other databases
+* Supports a limited SQL subset that can be easily reasoned about functional dependencies
+* Can stream efficiently the results of an SQL query (e.g. keep a query running and receive new/modified rows)
+* Supports efficient replication of a subset of a database (initial checkpoint + streaming or batched updates)