Hi, On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Vernon Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > So, if I offer patches to use adodbapi for the now-supported database > engines (as an option to than the "native" dbapi for each one) would those > patches be considered? > > The advantages: > 1) Microsoft SQL Server databases could also be supported. > 2) No need to install/import multiple api packages in order to read multiple > db engines. > 3) Storm could be ported to Python 3. > 4) Storm could be ported to IronPython. > > The disadvantages: > 1) The code for each engine's front end would be a bit more complex (need to > try adodbapi if the preferred import fails.) > 2) Adodbapi does not work on Linux -- yet. > > Followup question: > If I make adodbapi run on Linux (would require IronPython and Mono) would > you be more likely to accept the patches?
I think we'd consider adopting adodbabi as an alternative, but not as a replacement for the existing native drivers. Storm not running on linux with CPython is a blocker, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks, J. -- storm mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/storm
