Hello Massimo, I also shared the same concerns regarding Mysqltcl.
We can assist in testing the new API if needed. Thank you, Brice. On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 8:50 AM Massimo Manghi <massimo.man...@rivetweb.org> wrote: > > Hi everyone > > Rivet ships an Itcl based database abstraction layer named DIO that > supports Mysql/Oracle/Postgresql/Sqlite. Actual access to DBMS is done > calling Tcl extensions such as Mysqltcl,Ptcl,Oratcl.....(support for > Sqlite is more "natural" for Tcl). I'm still maintaining some projects > based on DIO/Mysql which became a matter of concern to me because > Mysqltcl hasn't released anything in 12 years. Even though that > extension is stable and mature this doesn't guarantee anything for the > future > > Since within the Tcl ecosystem we do have TDBC implementing a common > interface for Mysql/ODBC/Postgresql/Sqlite this abstraction layer helps > reducing dependency on other tools. Furthermore Harald kindly wanted to > get me involved in maintaining TDBC and I thought that was a chance to > put a stake in the ground on this > > I created an experimental branch named 'tdbc' where a new driver > dio_Tdbc.tcl has been created. DIO/TDBC handles need an extra argument > to be created (I'm going to document it) > > The reason for creating a branch is that I'm going to prepare a 3.2.5 > release out of trunk that fixes a regression in ServerInitScript. Too > soon for shipping dio_Tdbc.sql with it. > > > -- Massimo > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: rivet-dev-unsubscr...@tcl.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: rivet-dev-h...@tcl.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: rivet-dev-unsubscr...@tcl.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: rivet-dev-h...@tcl.apache.org
