ANN: Gtk2::Ex::DBI-0.6

I'm pleased to annouce the 6th release of Gtk2::Ex::DBI ...
http://entropy.homelinux.org/Gtk2-Ex-DBI/

Gtk2::Ex::DBI is an open-source helper object that makes your Gtk2-Perl 
apps data aware.
It handles querying, 'painting' records on your Glade-generated form, 
passing updates back to the database server, inserting, deleting, and 
much more.

This release is a MAJOR update that dramatically improves performance 
while lowering the system requirements, by selecting small 'slices' of 
records instead of the entire resultset at once.

Currently MySQL is the only database server that gets full 
functionality, but I've made some progress with SQL Server by switching 
to DBD::ODBC - full SQL Server ( and Sybase too, I assume ) support 
should arrive in the next version. Adding support for Oracle and 
Postgres should be trivial, but I don't use either, so it's up to others 
( hint, hint )

For anyone who has bookmarked my webpage previously, note that the 
address has moved ( see last item in changelog ).


 From the changelog:

Version 0.6, released 18-Jan-2005

    MAJOR CHANGE: Implemented selecting of partial recordsets ( slices ) instead of simply selecting the whole recordset at once.
        Dramatically improves performance on low-memory machines, and in cases of large recordsets
    INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: The min / max values that are passed to the record spinner are now the recordset position PLUS ONE
        ( ie starts at 1 now instead of 0 )
    Update the range of the record spinner when inserting / deleting
    Added workaround for http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156017
    Added support for default values. TODO: Support for fetching default values from DB Server
    Added support for Gtk2::CheckButton
    Broke out last_insert_id functionality into it's own method
    Fixed logic problem in 'move' method if there are no records ( don't try to move to position -1 )
    Added ( dodgy ) workaround for http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52372 - we bail out :)
    Documentation additions / cleanups
    Got website back online at http://entropy.homelinux.org after a large outage
	( I was in Cambodia for a month, and someone stole my hostname after it expired )


-- 
MySQL Perl Mailing List
For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/perl
To unsubscribe:    http://lists.mysql.com/[email protected]