On Tuesday 29 June 2004 06:54, Dossy wrote:
> The design is in progress and under discussion -- limited to the people
> who I chat with on a regular basis.  I'm working on it, in my spare
> time.

> So, this time around, I'm just going to keep quiet, work on it, and when
> it's done, I'll release it.  Then, people can give real and concrete
> feedback about something that really exists ...

Jim and I had a short discussion a few years back about a potential new DB
API.

However, can you clarify exactly *which* DB API you are talking about?  Is
this the driver  API, or the user-exposed API?  What do you think will be
needed to be changed in the database drivers themselves?   The comments I
remember seeing you make were mostly the user-exposed API portions, but I
would kindof like to know, since I will need to rewrite/modify nspostgres
accordingly.

As to the user-exposed API, I really think the low-level OpenACS API (not
the .xql stuff, but the level below that) is a pretty good model.  But that's
one of those 'everyone has a different opinion' items.... :-)

One of the items on my wishlist is a callback into the driver if the
connection is dropped on the HTTP side, so that I can abort an in-process
transaction or statement.  I have an open bug on this topic; however, I have
not found a way from within the driver to address this issue.
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