|
From: Mike C. <mik...@wp...> - 2006-07-07 01:14:36
|
Dan: Your thoughts are pretty much in line with mine. I do see the benefits of using ADODB. Perphaps we consider an install routine that looks for ADODB, and if not found, it offers to download and install. Mike Dan Austin wrote: >With only an afternoon of reading up on both PEAR::DB and ADODB, I >must say I see alot to like about ADODB. It's not all great though. > >On my systems (FC3 and RHES4), PEAR::DB is already installed, but >ADODB is not. We could bundle ADODB with Web-MeetMe, but it is just >as large as our code, and some systems are likely to have it already. >It could be listed as an external requirement, but I hate to offer >an incomplete package. > >On the positive side, I do know of a few potentially larger >installations of Web-MeetMe, and they might benefit from the >flexibility to more to a commercial DB. I also like the fact that >LDAP is a supported 'DB', possibly allowing us to retire adLDAP. > >In any case I think this will be a 3.0 issue. I need to read up >some more on SVN and see how to split off the current code into a >2.X branch and open a new trunk for 3.X > >Dan > >-----Original Message----- >From: web...@li... >[mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf Of >Ryan Amos >Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 2:52 PM >To: Web...@li... >Subject: [Web-meetme-devel] FW: PEAR::DB > >Oops, forgot to CC the list > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ryan Amos >Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:51 PM >To: 'Dan Austin' >Subject: RE: [Web-meetme-devel] PEAR::DB > >Adodb is faster and more portable, but for a project like this I really >don't think it matters. I just don't see this app needing to do enough >complex SQL calls to really make a difference one way or another. > >Portability is really the main advantage of adodb; if you want to >develop a project under MySQL or Postgres but have the option of moving >to Oracle or IBM/DB2 later on. But because this project will probably >never run on anything other than MySQL or Postgres, I really don't see a >reason to port it to ado. > >-----Original Message----- >From: web...@li... >[mailto:web...@li...] On Behalf Of Dan >Austin >Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:44 PM >To: Web...@li... >Subject: [Web-meetme-devel] PEAR::DB > >About two montsh back we discussed using ADODB in place of the current >abstraction layer. I've finally had a chance to look at the DB work >Mike has done, and at least the last code he sent me is using PEAR::DB > >Looking into the background of this abstraction layer, I think it is an >excellent choice and lends itself to a major clean-up of the scheduling >code. > >So do we want to keep PEAR::DB, or should I look further into ADODB? > >Dan > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, >security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache >Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >Web-meetme-devel mailing list >Web...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/web-meetme-devel > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, >security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job >easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache >Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >Web-meetme-devel mailing list >Web...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/web-meetme-devel > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >Web-meetme-devel mailing list >Web...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/web-meetme-devel > > > |