On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 08:18:56AM -0700, Ian Holsman wrote:
> William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
>
> >>jerenkrantz 01/08/16 17:26:38
> >>
> >> Modified: . STATUS
> >> Log:
> >> Hello, Goodbye.
> >>
> >> * use apu_dbm in mod_auth_dbm
> >> Status: Greg +1 (low-priority volunteer)
> >> + Justin says: "Seems like this is already there, so should we just
> >> + remove the other DBM code in that file? If you want
> >> + to use gdbm, or dbm, etc, you should tell apr-util."
> >>
> >
> >I'm not sure about this.
> >
> >If a user has many (existing) gdbm user databases, but would rather use Berkley db
> >for caching performance in the bits like mod_ssl and mod_usertrack, why should we
> >cripple their auth_dbm?
> >
> >Bill
> >
> this would be better solved with apr-util allow multiple DB types to be
> created
> (similiar to how SMS works)
>
> maybe a apr_dbm_create_gdbm()
> apr_dbm_create_berkley_db()
> apr_dbm_create_ndbm()
> set of routines is required
>
If the application knows which dbm they want, they might as well just use
that API directly. The way I see it, APR is for when you don't care what
dbm is there under the covers, as long as your code works everywhere.
-aaron
