I'm not sure what else we would call it?  All the other vendors call their
products JDBC drivers so I don't see why we can't

1 - Yes, I actually specifically used SquirrelSQL for debugging during
development because it was also open source and I could attach the
debugger to SquirrelSQL and see what was going on when things didn't work.

I've also successfully used the driver with some other JDBC tools.

2 - Probably not, since those framework typically generate SQL and SQL is
explicitly not supported

2/3 - No, it is a type 4 driver in that it is pure Java but it is not JDBC
compliant because by definition that requires supporting SQL.  I have
clarified the main page of the documentation to state this.

The documentation is quite clear that this is a SPARQL over JDBC driver so
I don't see that there is much room for confusion providing users RTFM.

Rob


On 8/24/13 3:50 AM, "Claude Warren" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I am concerned about the name.  Jena JDBC implies a level of
>interoperability with existing JDBC based tools.   I also note that JDBC
>is
>a trademark which I believe is owned by Oracle.
>
>But I have a few questions:
>
>
>   1.  Am I able to use the Jena JDBC driver to access a Jena based triple
>   store using a standard JDBC tool like SquirlSQL?
>   2. Am I able to use the Jena JDBC driver within a JPA framework like
>   Hibernate?
>   3. Does it pass the JDBC test suite (mentioned here:
>   http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jdbc/overview/index.html) or at
>   least a major subset of the tests?  I have not yet located the test
>suite
>   itself.
>
>If the answer is no to any of these questions I wonder if the name is not
>going to confuse potential users.
>
>Claude
>
>
>
>On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Stephen Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> Looks pretty good.  A few comments:
>>
>>   a) Typo in second code block in section "Basic Usage | Making a
>> Connection":  s/"jdbc:jena:men:empty=true"/"jdbc:jena:mem:empty=true".
>>   Same error on drivers.html in the second code block of the
>> "Available Drivers | In-Memory" section.
>>
>>   b) Would suggest changing the section titles under Basic Usage to
>> instead read: "Establishing a Connection", "Performing Queries", and
>> "Performing Updates".
>>
>>   c) Suggest adding try/finally blocks for both the Query and Update
>> examples.
>>
>>   d) Suggest adding an example of transactions for TDB connections
>> (one that contains both read/update queries would be cool).
>>
>>
>> -Stephen
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Rob Vesse <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I've put together some basic documentation which is in staging at
>> > http://jena.staging.apache.org/documentation/jdbc/index.html if anyone
>> > wants to review
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> >
>> > On 8/23/13 11:26 AM, "Rob Vesse" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >>On the JDBC front I think it is essentially ready to go in this
>>release,
>> >>my main concern is integrating it into the build.
>> >>
>> >>Right now it is not called out as a module of the top level POM so
>>does
>> >>not automatically get built by mvn unless you go and build in the
>> >>jena-jdbc directory yourself.
>> >>
>> >>However it is a slow build at ~5 mins or a modern machine like my 2011
>> >>MacBook Pro, and much longer on older/heavily contended machines like
>> >>Apache build servers.  Therefore my concern is whether developers are
>> >>willing to stomach a longer build on their local machines?
>> >>
>> >>One thought I had was about using maven profiles, right now I have the
>> >>following in my local uncommitted top level POM:
>> >>
>> >><profiles>
>> >><profile>
>> >><!--
>> >>This is the dev profile, it only builds the common modules and
>> >>does not build the slow building JDBC modules or the distribution
>> packages
>> >>-->
>> >><id>dev</id>
>> >><activation>
>> >><activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
>> >></activation>
>> >><modules>
>> >><module>jena-parent</module>
>> >><module>jena-iri</module>
>> >><module>jena-core</module>
>> >><module>jena-arq</module>
>> >><module>jena-tdb</module>
>> >><module>jena-text</module>
>> >><module>jena-sdb</module>
>> >><module>jena-fuseki</module>
>> >><!-- Slow to build - exclude from default dev build -->
>> >><!-- <module>jena-jdbc</module>-->
>> >><module>apache-jena-libs</module>
>> >><!-- Don't build distro package every time -->
>> >><!-- <module>apache-jena</module> -->
>> >></modules>
>> >></profile>
>> >><profile>
>> >><!--
>> >>This is the complete profile, it builds everything including slow
>> >>building modules and
>> >>the distribution packages.
>> >>This profile should be enabled when cutting a release
>> >>-P apache-release,complete
>> >>-->
>> >><id>complete</id>
>> >><modules>
>> >><module>jena-parent</module>
>> >><module>jena-iri</module>
>> >><module>jena-core</module>
>> >><module>jena-arq</module>
>> >><module>jena-tdb</module>
>> >><module>jena-text</module>
>> >><module>jena-sdb</module>
>> >><module>jena-fuseki</module>
>> >><module>jena-jdbc</module>
>> >><module>apache-jena-libs</module>
>> >><module>apache-jena</module>
>> >></modules>
>> >></profile>
>> >></profiles>
>> >>
>> >>Would people be OK with going with something like this?  It would mean
>> >>that by default we only build the common modules and then when we
>>come to
>> >>do releases or want a more thorough build we can build the complete
>>thing
>> >>(or even add a third release specific profile?).  We may want to have
>>a
>> >>little more discussion about which modules go in which profile and how
>> >>many profiles we want to have.  I can commit what I have now and
>>people
>> >>can iterate on it?
>> >>
>> >>Getting back to JDBC specifics, no there is not any website
>>documentation
>> >>yet.  However the javadoc is pretty comprehensive so with a couple of
>> >>basic web pages written up may be sufficient, I will try and at least
>> >>stub those pages out today.
>> >>
>> >>Rob
>> >
>>
>
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