[Ijsql-devel] Fwd: Re: Tasks and the like

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Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 09:14:46 -0500
From: Peter Kasson <pk...@ho...>
Reply-To: Peter Kasson <pk...@ho...>
Subject: Re: Tasks and the like
To: ww...@ts...

Hi Bill,

>Jukka already has the code for switchable multiple db
connections.

When you say "switchable", what does that infer ?  I was
thinking of the
x-db query in more depth and need to peruse the JDBC 2.0
specs.  I am hoping
it supports such a beast, else, it may be a bit of a
conundrum.

Certainly, the data extraction and transformation is
what I'm interested in
possibly more than x-db.  I have done this in things
like SQL-Server DTS and
manually, but am envisioning a GUI like DTS which would
allow for this to
happen -- it has real awesome possibilities.

>Not recently: I know that it does require a class from
the borland jar file
>that's also in cvs.  Did you get that & put it in the
classpath?  I can try
>to get it running myself soon, too.  Also, I can get
the "author", my
>friend
>Stefan, to give us a hand   ;-)

I did build the app ok and run it - but haven't donated
a lot of time to it.
  Were you looking to leverage this front end?  If so,
it needs a bit of
clean up and polishing (and as I say, if one suggests
something, they should
be willing to do it) so I could take that on if no one
else wants to.

>
>Not totally sure.  I'd like to see if anyone has any
areas they prefer to
>work on.  One area I want to keep working on is the
basic console version,
>since that's what I originally wrote, and what I use
day-to-day at my work.
>I'm hoping that others will just make their preferences
/ interests known,
>and we can go from there.
>


As I mentioned already, I would like to pursue the "DTS"
portion and
possibly the front-end cleanup.  Part of this front-end
would encapsulate
the "console" mode if desired - but using a "GUI"
console.  This would give
the console more functionality and you could switch
between GUI and console.
  Have you seen Oracle 8i's "SQL-Plus" worksheet?  Kind
of like that.


>A class diagram, basic design, and perhaps a message
flow diagram, will be
>very nice as we separate into a MVC architecture
(assuming that's the
>approach we use to separate view from core code: other
architecture
>suggestions, anyone?)


MVC is the basis for much of the Swing stuff, so it fits
nicely.


>One thing I do want to do is get us to agree on some
coding conventions.
>I'd also like to go back and comment the code, and then
require javadoc at
>the beginning of each class and method.  This will make
maintenance and
>expansion much easier in the future ...
>


Definitely.  I don't want to get into a religious debate
when we suggest
certain standards or coding conventions.  Javadoc is a
must and it would be
nice if at the class level, have an example of usage.


This is all good.  Tell you what, I will do a couple of
high-level docs and
email them to you and Jukka and let's discuss.  Sooner
we get consensus, we
can get cooking !


Regards,

Peter Kasson


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