Daniel John Debrunner wrote: > Satheesh Bandaram wrote: >>Jean T. Anderson wrote: >> >>>One thing to consider is DdlUtils is database agnostic. For example, >>>adding support for "create view" doesn't mean just adding it for Derby, >>>but also adding it for every database supported (see the list at >>>http://db.apache.org/ddlutils/database-support.html ). >>> >>This is important... While ddlUtils goal is to support all databases, >>Ramin is attempting to fix his target database to Derby and to make >>source database mySQL for his migration utility. (for now) It doesn't >>seem like Ramin should take on adding database specific code to ddlUtils >>(that DatabaseMetadata might not expose directly) and to test on 13 >>databases that ddlUtils currently supports. > > Isn't the point of Google summer of code to introduce students to open > source development, and this switch to ddlutils and additonal community > involvement is typical of open source? Scratch your own itch but also > benefit the community as well.
It's also possible DdlUtils might welcome partial contributions (and that other hands might dive in to fill in other databases). For anyone interested, a DdlUtils discussion thread started at: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/db-ddlutils-dev/200607.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] and here's the tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/rhnk2 -jean
