Giuseppe, it would be definitely important to have such a feature in QGis. I imagine an abstract layer that operates thorugh pluggable drivers, as we can find on other desktop gis (like the db manager [1] for Gvsig). Good luck for your GsoC proposal!
giovanni [1] http://forge.osor.eu/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/tags/v1_11_0_Build_1305/libraries/libGDBMS/?root=gvsig-desktop 2011/4/6 Tim Sutton <[email protected]> > Hi Guiseppe > > 8<--------snip---------------- > >> > >> Proposal. > >> My aim is to merge both 3 plugins together and create the DB_manager > plugin. > >> > >> First and the most important requirement, the DB_manager plugin *must* > be > >> easily > >> expandable to manage different kind of databases (e.g. mysql, ...). > >> I didn't look ahead when I forked PG_manager, but I want to correct my > >> mistakes. > >> > >> Second, it should permit an easy management of databases, running common > >> tasks > >> as create/alter/delete tables, retrieve infos about tables, run queries, > ... > >> . > >> Those are implemented in PG/SL_manager yet, but I have to do some > changes to > >> make them more general than they are. > >> > >> Third, DB_manager should allow to load tables as layer on the QGis > canvas > >> and, > >> on the contrary, import layers from the canvas into the db. > >> > >> What is your opinion? Did I miss something? > >> What other features would you like to see? And what other plugins (if > any) > >> would it be > >> good to integrate in? > >> > >> Thanks for your comments. > >> > > What about having some kind of plugin architecture (I know a plugin > with plugins is probably a bit meta!) so that other DBMS backends can > easily use your manager? I'm thinking that other backends like > SQLAnywhere could easily also benifit from your work just by > implementing a small stub for your plugin api.... > > I think you GSOC proposal would make a fantastic addition to QGIS and > I wish you all success with your proposal. > > Regards > > Tim > > > >> -- > >> Giuseppe Sucameli > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Qgis-developer mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > ___________________________ ___ __ > > Ricardo Garcia Silva > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > -- > Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) > ============================================== > Please do not email me off-list with technical > support questions. Using the lists will gain > more exposure for your issues and the knowledge > surrounding your issue will be shared with all. > > Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: > * QGIS programming and support services > * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans > * FOSS Consulting Services > Skype: timlinux > Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > ============================================== > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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