Ronald Bradford wrote: > 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.
Eric and I have been talking about namespaced-variables as part of the plugin loader/sys_var rewrite, but I don't think what we've been thinking about so far goes as far as what you're talking about. It might be time for Eric and I to chat again... > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Brian Aker <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > <https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
