On 9/20/07, Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds like a plan. I want to drive forward with this as well as the > specification process. I have some ideas on these topics namely the search > issues.
I could not pass this..: My recent thought lead me to the idea of Read Triggers instead of Search Triggers... (more dots here) Alex > > On 9/19/07, Ersin Er <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On 9/20/07, Alex Karasulu < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Ersin, > > > > > > I was wondering what the plan is for completing all the trigger > > > hooks. While looking into > > > implementing a custom authenticator for delegating authentication to > > > external LDAP servers > > > (namely AD) it occurred to me that I could use a trigger and stored > > > procedure instead. I > > > think Emmanuel had this idea a little while ago. > > > > > > Basically I consider triggers as a user-side tool. A trigger is a > > replacement for code developed at client side to keep things in sync. If we > > want to use triggers for server extensions we need to go beyond the > > standardization effort. I don't think that we can propose as standard those > > all constructs needed by our server extension process. > > > > I can implement a SP and fire it via an INSTEAD OF trigger on BIND > > > rather implementing a > > > custom authenticator. However we don't have INSTEAD OF triggers nor > > > do we have a hook > > > on the BIND operation. You planning on completing this stuff soon or > > > is this something that > > > you recommend I start looking into? > > > > > > As we've discussed before there are some problems with execution > > semantics of INSTEAD OF triggers. It especially applies to the search > > operation. If there are multiple triggers defined on an entry for a search > > operation, which of them will be executed? This decision is important > > because search operation returns a response to the client and this will be > > provided by the stored procedure invoked by the trigger. > > > > Alex > > > > > > > I can make a list of problems I have seen about implementing those hooks > > so we can discuss on them. WDYT? > > > > -- > > Ersin Er > > http://www.ersin-er.name > > > -- Ersin Er http://www.ersin-er.name
