Jim Starkey wrote: > I'm investigating an ultra-light server side JavaScript implementation > that can support multiple instantiations of a given script. Has anyone > run into a JavaScript SQL API that they like? IBM has one that could > only have come from IBM. Google Gears has one that looks ok, but not > great. > > Anyone have any favorite candidates?
Firefox 3.1 beta just switched to the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine. > The purpose of all this is to support server side scripting in a > reasonably powerful language. The basic idea is: > > * Client establishes connection to server (including authentication) > * Client calls API with a script and a set of property/value pairs. > * The server prepares the script if it isn't already cached then > creates an instance > * The script is executed. What ever it returns or throws is > returned to the client, up to and including a cluster of objects > * The client interacts with whatever is returned with a suitable API. > > This is in the same ecological niche as stored procedures with a couple > of exceptions. One is that the procedures are not durably server > resident. Another is that no special privileges are use them. Finally, > the scripting system is properly layered, not inside, the database engine. > > I've considered Lua and JavaScript. Between exception handling and > object inheritance, JavaScript has a clear edge. > > In the unlikely event that anyone else is interested, I'd be willing to > open source whatever I come up with. > I like this idea, actually. JavaScript works really well as a scripting language where ephemeral scripts are transmitted to the running platform. (obviously) Monty _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
