Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
I'd rather see that the whole is coordinated a bit. I don't think all this
duplication is a good idea; One solid set of components makes much more
sense: the number of developers available for it's maintenance would double.
The end user would also benefit, as we can give 1 solid set of components,
no doubts possible.
There are not so many people available who understand the inner workings
of TDataset and friends, so all this scattering and dividing is
counterproductive.
It would be much better if you, me, Joost and Bram (who work on SQLDB)
had a single set of components to work with: speed would not be an issue
then, and we could guarantee a working and reliable set of components for
everyone.
As a relatively new user, I absolutely agree. There is a wealth of
components already, and trying to work out which to use where is already
quite daunting, especially when there is little/no documentation to
guide you! And I am new only to FPC/Lazurus - I have been programming
Pascal since Turbo Pascal 3, and did some reasonably serious database
applications using Delphi 4 C/S into Oracle "on the side" during a stint
as an Oracle DBA.
John Sunderland
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