On 21-12-2012 12:37, Tomas Hajny wrote: > On Fri, December 21, 2012 11:59, Reinier Olislagers wrote: >> On 18-12-2012 10:49, Tomas Hajny wrote: >>> On Tue, December 18, 2012 09:35, >>> michael.vancanneyt-0is9kj9sb0a-xmd5yjdbdmrexy1tmh2...@public.gmane.org >>> wrote: >>>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2012, John wrote: >>>>> you can't! That brings me back to the original point that either >>>>> gettablenames has to operate on a known schema only (so you can supply >>>>> the >>>>> schema afterwards), or it has to supply the schema with the table >>>>> name. >>>> >>>> I would opt for the latter, hence the soPrependSchemaName. >>> >>> Isn't something like a FullTableName property/method >>> (connection-specific) >>> a better solution (more universal, also catering for differences in >>> construction of the full name with different database engines)? >> No, because then you won't be able to get metadata using the same >> mechanism for all connections. >> If we create a FullTableName method (or property, with corresponding >> tablenames collection etc), we should do the same for stored procedures, >> views, and any other object a db supports. >> Switching dbs would then be very problematic. >> >> The current mechanism has the advantage that it is extendable for >> various dbs without too much effort... and is like other mechanisms >> (e.g. the ADO.Net method of doing things). > > I must have missed something, because my thoughts went exactly into the > direction of simplifying switching from one database to another. Indeed, > doing the same for all database objects would be IMHO beneficial too, but > that's another story. My proposal was exactly this - whatever naming the > respective DB provider requires natively when addressing objects, it would > be reflected in this property (implemented in DB provider specific way). Ah now I understand what you mean: you mean a boolean property that specifies behaviour. I was thinking of a property or method that returned the table names (which seemed very strange to me but well..).
Yes, that could work, sorry I misunderstood you. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
