[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I looked at MySQL a bit. All languages except Java connect to MySQL
> with a C library. Java (as well as REBOL) can't do this in a portable
> way, so there's a JDBC driver written in Java which connects with a TCP
> socket (and a binary protocol). It's available with source (LGPL
> licensed) at http://www.worldserver.com/mm.mysql/
>
> The code that's required to connect and issue a SQL command is quite
> small and I think it should not be too hard to rewrite in REBOL.
> Bigger problem is interpreting record sets in binary and converting
> them to some useful REBOL "structures".
I looked at mysql.org page yesterday too, but found out only following:
there are two ways of how to configure mysql database for connections:
- you can use unix sockets (connection thru files - faster one)
- connection thru TCP/IP
Now let's expect you can't afford buying /Command version and so connect thru
some native library or /ODBC, so you are left with /Core and TCP/IP
connection or Unix sockets as described above.
So - is let's say TCP/IP connection described anywhere? It has to use some
kind of text based protocol. The question is what form MySQL returns record
set in and how time-consuming parsing/decoding would be.
Maybe even connection thru sockets would not be so difficult to achieve?
Regards,
-pekr-
>
>
> --
> Michal Kracik
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]!
> > > so where's a link to MySQL and PostGresSQL socket connectivity
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > BTW, if you write a MySQL protocol handler, I could find a good use
> > for it... :-)
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > It would be great to connect rebol to MySql, but then I don't know if
> > MySql runs on as many platform as does rebol/core
> >
> > If Command had MySQL support out of the box, I could put it to work on
> > paying projects the day it ships. (I get paid, Carl gets paid.)
> >
> > Without MySQL support, REBOL is still a hobby (sigh), leaving me
> > stranded in the JSP/PHP zones.
> >
> > -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA.
> > -- Custom Software ~ Technical Services.
> > -- Tel 716 425-0252; Fax 716 223-2506.
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