Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Michael A Nachbaur wrote: > > Yes, but Alaska doesn't actually count, you see. They always draw it on maps > sort of floating next to California, right above Hawaii which, curiously > enough, is rougly the same size as Alaska. Odd, that. ;-) LOL. You've got me there. As

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Michael A Nachbaur
On Wednesday 24 September 2003 11:14 am, Arthur Corliss wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Michael A Nachbaur wrote: > > It sucks being in the latest timezone in North America; it makes it that > > much more difficult to catch up on all the mailing list traffic. > > Latest timezone, where are you? I'm

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Michael A Nachbaur wrote: > It sucks being in the latest timezone in North America; it makes it that much > more difficult to catch up on all the mailing list traffic. Latest timezone, where are you? I'm in Alaska, I thought I was in the latest timezone in NA. ;-)

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Michael A Nachbaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-24 15:59]: > Since it really takes SQL statements and outputs the result to > a hash (the "export" part being an implied aspect of invoking > an SQL query) would it not make more sense to call it > DBIx::SQL2Hash? Again, SQL2Hash sounds like it's b

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Michael A Nachbaur
It sucks being in the latest timezone in North America; it makes it that much more difficult to catch up on all the mailing list traffic. Anyway, thanks for all the valuable feedback. I like the DBIx::Export2Hash name, mainly because there's less ::'s in there. Regarding the configuration para

RE: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: RFC: SQL::ExportDB > * Orton, Yves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-24 15:12]: > > Er, ok, maybe I misinterpreted "take a perl datastructure". > > I meant the configuration should be passed in as such. Of course > it would then still go from t

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Orton, Yves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-24 15:12]: > Er, ok, maybe I misinterpreted "take a perl datastructure". I meant the configuration should be passed in as such. Of course it would then still go from there to perform its task. -- Regards, Aristotle "If you can't laugh at yourself, yo

RE: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: RFC: SQL::ExportDB > * Orton, Yves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-24 10:55]: > > > One last comment: if you want to make this a generically > > > useful module, and unless your configuration is so complex > > > that it needs a dedicate language

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Orton, Yves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-24 10:55]: > > One last comment: if you want to make this a generically > > useful module, and unless your configuration is so complex > > that it needs a dedicate language to express it, then the > > module should instead just take a Perl datastructure. >

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Tim Bunce
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 04:47:10PM -0700, Michael A Nachbaur wrote: > > As it stands, it explicitly builds BerkeleyDB files but, I don't see why it > shouldn't be able to write to arbitrary back-ends or, as the case may be, > plain-old hashes. > > > Unless I misinferred its purpose, I think som

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Michael A Nachbaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-23 23:48]: > > Yes, it exports the result of multiple queries, right now, as > > defined in a config file managed by Config::General. > > One last comment: if you want to make this a generically useful > m

RE: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-24 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: RFC: SQL::ExportDB > One last comment: if you want to make this a generically useful > module, and unless your configuration is so complex that it needs a > dedicate language to express it, then the module should instead > just take a Perl datastructure. By that tim

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-23 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Michael A Nachbaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-23 23:48]: > Yes, it exports the result of multiple queries, right now, as > defined in a config file managed by Config::General. One last comment: if you want to make this a generically useful module, and unless your configuration is so complex th

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-23 Thread Michael A Nachbaur
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 04:09 pm, A. Pagaltzis wrote: > * Michael A Nachbaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-23 22:53]: > > It is essentially a Perl script that takes a series of SQL > > statements and outputs the results to a BerkeleyDB (with > > various indexes created, on a configurable basis)

Re: RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-23 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Michael A Nachbaur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-23 22:53]: > It is essentially a Perl script that takes a series of SQL > statements and outputs the results to a BerkeleyDB (with > various indexes created, on a configurable basis). I don't think SQL::ExportDB is a good name for it. The first thi

RFC: SQL::ExportDB

2003-09-23 Thread Michael A Nachbaur
I have a script that, due to some requirements at work, has grown into something quite usable. It is essentially a Perl script that takes a series of SQL statements and outputs the results to a BerkeleyDB (with various indexes created, on a configurable basis). I've been abstracting this out,