Re: [Phpwiki-talk] ansi sql

[John S. <jst...@gm...>]

On 12/18/05, Reini Urban <ru...@x-...> wrote:
>
> Do you want to provide a patch against current CVS?
> I'm still busy with private stuff until Thursday or so.
>
> Converting SELECT IF() to CASE() is not on my high priorities,
> but we already did it for the other queries so it will appear in 1.3.12.
>
>
Note that David is talking about the stuff in lib/WikiDB/backend/PearDB.php=
,
which I previously ranted about.  We are running Oracle and there are no
overrides to the functions that use it in PearDB_oci8.php.

Yes, David works with me and as he has said is a great supporter of the Wik=
i
concept.  We are both VERY interested in seeing phpwiki continue to develop
and fix all of these niggling problems, particularly as it fits the SOE of
the organisation.

Last time I brought this sql stuff up, I was told that it was the realm of
the PearDB guys and should post /rant over there.  Fair enough, but since
these libraries are part of phpwiki, why should we not fix these and provid=
e
the patches back to them?

If you want, I will try and make the correct additions to PearDB_oci8.php
and test them.  May not get it done before next year though.  Then I can
provide you with the patches for the next release, which I am hoping will b=
e
relatively soon.

BTW, Reini and others are VERY helpful and responsive to problems.  I guess
there just aren't enough developers and supporters to get to everything, an=
d
Reini has enough other stuff to be doing.  Probably my only real criticism
is relying on CVS for patches and fixes.  I am not sure if all of my
suggested patches have made it into CVS yet, so I am loath to rely on it.
Release and bugfix announcments to this list may help alleviate this issue,
but without tracking/knowing what fixes are in or out, I cannot use it to
keep our production wiki up to date.

Regards