Gene Sokolov wrote:
>
> I understand that Midgard does not support anything but mysql as its primary
> depository and no such support is planned for 1.x branch. Since Midgard 2.0
> is not coming out any time soon and there is interest to add Oracle support,
> it might be useful to consider an abstraction layer in 1.x for adding other
> databases as well. We are using postgresql as our main database because of
> support for transactions and that its 7.0 version is substantially improved
> both in performance and stability. What would it take to add support for
> postgres:
>
> 1. Port calls from mysql lib to support libpg? Are these calls isolated in a
> single module or scattered throughout the code?
> 2. Rewrite SQL statements?
> 3. Anything else?
>
> Is there anything particularly difficult in adding such support? Any
> mysql-isms which are hard or impossible to replicate with other databases?
Talk to Jean-Pierre about the Oracle connectivity. Chances are that he's
met
most of the hurdles by now and routed around the MySQL-specific regions.
Emile
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