On 4/22/05, Geo Carncross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm thinking about allowing database drivers to abstract away any > function in db.c (or anything else that "generates" SQL). > > It was brought up before for some postgresql-specific things or mysql- > specific things, but it seems to me that it could be used for a SQL-free > database interface like metakit [or something more nefarious] > > Any thoughts on those abstractions? My "easy" methods all involve > mucking about with ELF-specific nonsense or the dynamic linker...
Wouldn't it be possible to *abuse* gettext for this kind of thing. Mind you, it would only buy one the ability to have different SQL queries for different drivers, and not something fancy like different C-functions for different drivers. The old case (before DBMail 2.0) had two big (about 2500 lines per file) for doing database interactions with MySQL and PostgreSQL. The situation is quite a lot better now, IMHO. But, if we want to make writing queries for databases easier, it might be nice to write the best query for an RDBMS, put it in a text file (with gettext, a .po file) and get queries from there. Ilja
