On Fri 09 Jul 2004 19:16, Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not create a new method call, as you (IMHO) should have done in 1.38 > > The change of behaviour in the tables () method is a straightforward nightmare > > for me. Adding those quotations broke about all my applications. > > Some of mine too. But quotes are technically required whenever a > schema name and table name are combined. Without them you can't reliably > separate the names as they may (in theory) contain '.'.
If it would have been up to me to set the standards and defenintions, I would *_NEVER_* ever have allowed blanks^wnon-word characters in table(space)- and field- names. I have just had the luck^wawful experience of having to convert a M$Access DB to Oracle. Table names as "Tabel leerlingen & verantw." and field names as "LW 34_18.w" were the M$ DB designer's regular choice. > What I probably should have done is "redefine tables() to default > to tables accessible from current schema without further qualification" > _and_ made tables not use quote_identifier in that case if the name > matched /^\w+$/. Should have done is dead. We will have to live with what he have, and the fact that I also maintain a DBD somehow forced me to upgrade DBI to be sure it still worked. If I would have been a `regular' customer, I would never have gone beyond 1.37. No hard feelings. what's done is done. > But let's not get into that now. They'll be plenty of time down the road > and I'll be open to suggestions as we go. That's what BOF's are for. And these lists :) And - let's not forget - the past and our experience. We learn from both good and less good decisions. > > > Always taint check the $sql for do() and prepare() > > > if perl is in taint mode (can't be disabled). > > > > These two lines belong together, right? > > Yes. But like most items in the ToDo it needs more thought. > It's more a statement of direction than a specification at this stage. Which I support ... -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/) using perl-5.6.1, 5.8.0 & 633 on HP-UX 10.20 & 11.00, AIX 4.2, AIX 4.3, WinNT 4, Win2K pro & WinCE 2.11 often with Tk800.024 &/| DBD-Unify ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/authors/id/H/HM/HMBRAND/
