Re: [ jEdit-devel ] Using PostgreSQL instead of hsqldb in CtagsInterface

[Shlomy R. <sre...@gm...>]

> One suggestion which may make this the DB implementation easier to choose.
> Why not use the SQL plugin as a dependency? This way you can let users
> decide which database they want to use by setting it up in the SQL plugin,
> then your plugin can use it to get connections and execute SQL etc... As
> long as you stick to standard SQL there shouldn't be any problems between
> the different databases.
>
> Then you can include any Java DB for users out of the box, but say that if
> they'd like better performance they should use a different one.
>

Sounds like a good idea, but first ... Can the SQL plugin work with
in-memory or cached tables? Is there a way to configure the underlying
database?
And, most importantly, do you know how much work switching to SQL
plugin requires? I didn't see any documentation for coding with it.