On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 05/13/2016 11:03 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I've been working with Fred Toussi, a very helpful hsqldb developer, on >> many CSV handling improvements to hsqldb, in hopes of eventually using >> hsqldb in place of our dodgy CSV driver in Base (it has far better SQL >> support, joins, subqueries, many scalar functions, etc.). We both wrote >> patches, but work remains on a few last issues. This new driver also still >> has to be developed. >> > > Can you expand on this comment a bit? Although I have not investigated the > code, I'm assuming you mean we use similar CSV import code for both Calc > and Base, and that the indigenous CSV provided by hslqdb is better for that > portion? > > No, we use completely different CSV import code in Calc and in Base. hsqldb is still worse at CSV, but its SQL support for CSV tables is way better than ours. > >> Also I've begun looking at some academic research into automated >> conversion >> of C++ source code into Java, and playing with a few ideas of my own. I've >> slowly begun making progress developing this converter. It will be a while >> before it's developed enough and conversion of some parts of AOO can >> start, >> but I have hopes that it will make AOO easier to compile, debug and >> improve >> by a wider community of developers that it will attract, and make it more >> stable and secure. If this doesn't save AOO, I doubt anything will. >> >> What have the rest of you been up to? >> > > Well, not much for AOO, I'm afraid. :( > I've had many personal issues over the last few months to attend to. > Hoping to get back into things very soon -- and replace my aging computer. > :( > > >> Damjan >> >> > -- > -------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "Time spent with cats is never wasted." > -- Sigmund Freud > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
