Database used in java card?

what database is used in java card?Can we use Record management system or sqlite here?

hi,
apart from ISO7816-7 that defines SCQL, and the fact that very few card (if none?) support the concept of card database, I don't understand your question.
I don't think there is a useful or practical way to port sqlite in java language, in order to run in in a javacard.
And I don't know what "record management system" is.
record files are just a type of files with a fixed number of sized blocks. but this does not make it a database.
regards
sebastien

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