Re: Database-specificisms considered harmful

2003-04-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:42:07 +, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > * Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-04-11 14:34]: >> Whatever happened to the idea of using a common database access library >> like iODBC? It's reasonably small, Not A Burden if you happen to not >> require any database look

Re: Database-specificisms considered harmful

2003-04-14 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
* Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-04-11 14:34]: > Personally, I do not like all those -mysql, -pgsql, -whatever packages. > > Whatever happened to the idea of using a common database access library > like iODBC? It's reasonably small, Not A Burden if you happen to not > require any data

Re: Database-specificisms considered harmful

2003-04-12 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Friday 11 April 2003 16:34, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > * Programs which access SQL databases should do so through > libgda2/unixodbc/???. > > ... assuming that we can reach some sort of consensus on which library > should be used..? Why is a consesus needed? I agree with you that having each p

Re: Database-specificisms considered harmful

2003-04-12 Thread LapTop006
On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:34:00PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs arranged a set of bits into the following: > Hi, > > * Package name: exim-mysql > > Personally, I do not like all those -mysql, -pgsql, -whatever packages. > > Whatever happened to the idea of using a common database access library >

Re: Database-specificisms considered harmful

2003-04-12 Thread Andreas Metzler
Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * Package name: exim-mysql > Personally, I do not like all those -mysql, -pgsql, -whatever packages. Who does? :-( > Whatever happened to the idea of using a common database access library > like iODBC? It's reasonably small, Not A Burden if you

Database-specificisms considered harmful

2003-04-11 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, > * Package name: exim-mysql Personally, I do not like all those -mysql, -pgsql, -whatever packages. Whatever happened to the idea of using a common database access library like iODBC? It's reasonably small, Not A Burden if you happen to not require any database lookup features, and it do