Hi, meanwhile I managed a rough base for AnyData2 - https://github.com/rehsack/AnyData2 To prove the abstraction, fixed width records and array/PerlIO(string) should be added, too. I'm indecisive about bundling mp3-tags and html-tables as AnyData would, I do not see any value there (for bundling!).
If the current API seems reasonable and proven (Array, Fixed-Width, ...), the next big question is regarding DBI::DBD::SqlEngine integration: 1) What options are for TableSources / DataSources * https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/lib/DBI/DBD/SqlEngine/Developers.pod#DBI::DBD::SqlEngine::TableSource1 * https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/DBI/lib/DBI/DBD/SqlEngine/Developers.pod#DBI::DBD::SqlEngine::DataSource1 2) Where to join the hierarchy? @DBD::AnyData2::ISA = qw(DBD::File) @DBD::AnyData2::ISA = qw(DBI::DBD::SqlEngine) Cheers -- Jens Rehsack rehs...@gmail.com