< Erlang Programming
Databases in Erlang
Dictionary
Data can be stored in many ways in Erlang. Each process has a local dictionary that uses put and get.
2> put(hello,world). undefined 3> get(hello). world
ETS
Data can be stored with the ETS (Erlang table storage system) via the ETS library. It creates data at the process level. See Using_Ets.
Mnesia
Mnesia is a distributed database that lives in the local file system.
External Databases
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