----- Original Message -----
From: Regis Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Turbine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: XMLDatabaseMapBuilder & Co
> As far as i can see, the current way sql -> MapBuilder is short but is
> not very clean. SQL is a command language and _not_ a description
> language. So, using sql files to describe a database structure may
> hardly be appropriate. Actually, your .sql generator tool has probably
> an internal format for describing the database structure, and outputs
> .sql files that create this stucture into a specific sgbd (say MySQL).
> Of course, as long as you do not have access to this descriptor you have
> to play with the sql files which is easier for you :-) You are probably
> not alone and that is why the current schema has to stay there. It is
> simple and efficient.
Leon is writing a JDBCSchemaToDatabaseMap class for use in the
GenerateMapBuilderTask that will use an already created database, via the
JDBC metadata methods, to gather info about the db structure. This way you
will not be bound to a specific db's SQL schema.
Frank
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