2008/12/16 Murray Cumming <[email protected]> > On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 16:52 +0100, Vivien Malerba wrote: > > > I don't have a sense yet of all the things the meta store can > > do, but I > > would at least like some convenience functions to get the > > common obvious > > things such as > > - the list of tables > > - the list of fields for a specific table > > > > Getting information out of the meta store can already be done using: > > * gda_meta_store_extract () for very specific needs (one needs to know > > the internal database structure and use SQL) > > * gda_connection_get_meta_store_data() which is more formal > > * a GdaMetaStruct object which is very easy to use and works very well > > for tables and views > > > > Where the API is still rough is regarding updating the meta store's > > data with the database structure (or populating it the first time), > > where one at the moment can only use > > gda_connection_update_meta_store(). > > Yes, that's what I mean. I'd like it to be easier to update the meta > store with just that information. And I'm saying that some convenience > functions might take care of the common stuff. >
Ok, I'll try to propose something. Do you want it for V4?
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