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On 24 Jun 2003 16:04:58 -0700 |
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jesse <yoda@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > isn't db a system lib .. and installed on every machine ? |
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> > can't you just use that ? |
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> My proposition was to use some connector lib that is compatable with all |
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> those db formats. so you don't have to re-write a bunch of backend |
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> drivers or DB specific queries. Im not a python programmer C/Perl are my |
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> main forte, and you can use DBI to interface with many many db's as long |
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> as you keep your queries db agnostic, and use the dbi methods. At least |
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> with postgresql, mysql, and oracle to (some extent) this is the case. |
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but since the db system is already part of the default system, why not just use that. |
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It's really a system function .. and I knwo th "selectable" databse of choice is a nice to have |
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but do we (gentoo) really want people to run different DB's for portage backend stuff .. and handle the bug tracking hell that will result because of it ? |
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