On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Trey Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> All, > > Am starting to look at using sqlite in our organization. For some of the > data we work with it's a no-brainer > to dump the data into sql and use sql as our storage mechanism. However, a > large amount of the data generated > by our tool is (and will be) stored in our own custom formats. > > So I was looking at the Virtual Table http://www.sqlite.org/vtab.html > > My question is, how much of this concept/interface is experimental, and how > much is stable? (I realize that nothing marked 'experimental' can > safely be said to be 'stable') > Most "experimental" markings have now been removed. See http://www.sqlite.org/src/info/d670e8bd51 > > As I look through the main page (link above), I cannot find the word > 'experimental', but as I click on some > of the links I sometimes (often) see experimental. > > > Oh, I think I just answered my own question - I clicked on the _vtab link ( > http://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/vtab.html) and saw *it* > is experimental. bummer... > > > Anyway, can someone provide history on how much has it has changed over > releases, when it was introduced? Just so I have some contextual basis on > whether or not to explore this option. > > The problem we're trying to solve is how to provide a generic interface for > visualization of data, and 95% of the problem is > just determining the relationships between various things, providing > grouping/sorting, etc. which is exactly what the SQL > language is built for... > > > thanks, > > TJ > -- > Trey Jackson > [email protected] > "Like any truly useful program, `hello' contains a built-in mail reader." > -- GNU's Bulletin, July 1996 > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > -- --------------------- D. Richard Hipp [email protected] _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
