[Dbi-interbase-devel] Progress

[Edwin P. <ed....@co...>]

Guys, here is the Changes list since 0.20.5:

* $sth->rows() now returns the number of fetched rows, for SELECT,
otherwise
returns - 1 (unknown).

* starting a transaction (automatic or not) is more robust, now it
reuses an
active transaction handle, instead of overridding it with a new one,
leaving
the previous one "immortal" (because the previous transaction handle is
no
longer kept!)

* Fix $dbh->do() method for usage with placeholders.
* Added support for CursorName attrib
* more robust commit with AutoCommit on

* Added datatype values conversion routine between InterBase internal
values and DBI/ISO/ANSI/ODBC values
* Fixed tables() method, now correctly removes the trailing blank spaces
* Tested to 100% compliant with DBIx::Recordset !
* more informative error message
* fix ping() method. Now not die if RaiseError => 1

I think I'm going to put an alpha release on CPAN next week.
Now I'm working on the documentation, I'm also writing a FAQ document
which is still in progress for now, you can find it on
http://dbi.interbase.or.id/, any suggestion, correction are appreciated.

Please let me know any problems you've found with the current version.

The following TODOs are postponed for the second release:

1. implement ib_blob_read() method for piece by piece blob read.
2. Implement type_info()
3. Win32 port (anyone work on this platform?)

Rgds,
Edwin.