at 9.26a EDT on 2004 January 29 Thursday Peter Murray-Rust said: > At 00:06 29/01/2004 +0100, Miguel Howard wrote: > > > >I am looking for a standard syntax for pulling data from remote databases. > >The idea is that we would store the exact URL outside the scripts (and in > >a configuration file). That way, scripts don't get filled up with specific > >URLs pointing to CGIs that might change. > > I am sure you know that Egon has done something like this in CDK/JCP. One > menu allows users to access remote databases (including our own WWMM) and > there is also a plugin that supports RSS between several sites. So it's > important to keep consistency... > > I favour the use of symbolic addresses which are set in configuration files > - e.g. in user.dir and which can be overruled specifically by the user if > required. I would then favour a URL-like syntax wherever possible > > P. >
I like the URL syntax, too. the only trouble I can see is if a structure DB changes the syntax for remote apps accessing their DB. we need to avoid forcing users to change load commands in all of their scripts - which brings me back to Miguel's original point. (yes, I often chase my own tail ;-). so I guess I will reserve judgement until we see how it is implemented in CDK... a somewhat useless email, but at least shows I'm still reading the thread! regards, :tim -- timothy driscoll molvisions - molecular graphics & visualization <http://www.molvisions.com/> usa:north carolina:wake forest ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
