Re: DBD::XML

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 09:30:32AM -0400, Nigel Horne wrote:
> Ron,
> > > I've started working on a DBD::XML driver, and the first pass is looking
> > > good.  I'm doing this because of the demise of DBD::AnyData, and
> > > DBD::AnyData2 isn't ready yet, so until it is I wanted XML support.
> > > 
> > > Before I go any further, is anyone else working on something similar or
> > > is there something already out there?  I don't want to re-invent the
> > > wheel.
> > 
> > It sounds vaguely like my
> > https://metacpan.org/release/DBIx-Admin-BackupRestore.
> 
> Excellent, thanks so much for the pointer.  I'll take a look and see.
> 
> Apart from one change I need to make in terms of column names, I'm pretty
> much ready to start working on a 0.01 CPAN release.  It's read-only, but
> that's all I need.  How do I set about requesting driver registration, or is
> this mentioning enough?

Probably :)

But I wonder about the name. "DBD::XML" seems to be a bold name,
implying that it's _the_ DBI interface for data stored in XML files.
Of course the same kind of issue applies to many other drivers,
so it's not a major concern, but does seem worth dicussing.

Tim.