On thing I didn't mention, it would be of benefit if this "identity" data could be easily recorded in drizzled.cnf so it's consolidated with other instance settings. Could easily be a different section, not [drizzled]
I'm flexible, what I'd like to know is what can be implemented code wise the easiest, plugin's obviously fit an existing extension framework. On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Brian Aker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > You could write an "Identity" plugin. Just have it store its information > somewhere and let the user push generic key/pair into it. The values would > be exposed as variables and you could just add in a custom I_S schema. > > I've done this with just a normal table in the past, but it could be made > all fancy and stuff :) > > Cheers, > -Brian > > > On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Ronald Bradford wrote: > > Hi Guys, >> >> I'd like to see a better means to identify a Drizzle/MySQL instance when >> connected to it. >> >> My situation is a client with many (100s) of production databases, some >> with multiple instances, and you can never tell when connected to the >> instance, any specifics of it's purpose for example. >> >> Oracle has the concept of ORACLE_SID >> http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/ORACLE_SID >> >> Ideally I'd like to see the capacity for multiple global variables that >> are user definable, and that way it's possible to give greater flexibility >> to implementer. The issue obviously is in managing the namespace. >> Alternatively more complex solutions could be a custom I_S table of >> name/value pairs, but ideally I'd like to see something that can integrate >> easily into existing syntax and procedures. >> >> >> Thoughts, anybody. I'd appreciate some input before making a feature >> request. >> >> Ronald >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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