From: Alex R. <sh...@al...> - 2004-02-17 22:36:15
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Billy, On 02/17/2004 04:20:11 PM, "Earney, Billy C." wrote: >=20 > I will take a look at the documentation below and I may start looking > into this. I'm Database Programmer by trade, so I might be able to > contribute to this without having a great learning curve. This is awesome! I'm a dummy when it comes to databases. Well, I held a =20 database programming job for one year some 10 years ago, but it was =20 different then, and I forgot most of it :-) Don has more experience, =20 but also admits not being an expert. If you could contribute it would =20 be great for the project! Right now, the code in CVS is branched: the STABLE branch is a split-=20 off for the stable version, which does not have database backend. It =20 seems to have stabilized enough to warrant its maintanence. The HEAD of the CVS is the code that should soon undergo conversion to =20 the database backend. Before this can be done, the important changes =20 have to be made: instead of using objects themselves, we need to pass =20 around and store IDs of the objects. We're now in the process of =20 finishing this conversion. The core seems to be mostly there, and the =20 plugins will follow up as the time permits and the need arises :-) If you'd like to check out the plans and look at the CVS HEAD, please =20 feel free :-) Honestly, I have no idea about specific catches in =20 database programming, but I'm sure there must be some, so please guide =20 us where you can :-) Alex --=20 Alexander Roitman http://ebner.neuroscience.umn.edu/people/alex.html Dept. of Neuroscience, Lions Research Building 2001 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel (612) 625-7566 FAX (612) 626-9201 |