Re: Extract SQL-Engine basics from DBD::File

On Thu, 27 May 2010 09:53:02 +0000, Jens Rehsack
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi developers,
> 
> during refactoring of DBD::File and new wishes (e.g. SQL_IDENTIFIER_CASE
> from Martin Evans, getinfo() support, ...) and my own try of a pure-perl
> DBD for system tables (DBD::Sys) I see many common code.
> 
> I would like to extract the common code into a base class DBD - maybe
> named DBD::SQLPerl (placed SQL in from for private methods and attributes
> naming - the should have the prefix "sql_").
> 
> I know at least two additional DBD's which could benefit from that:
> - DBD::Google from Darren Chamberlain (I don't know if he is subscribed
>    to [email protected])
> - DBD::Sys from me
> 
> If there are more, it would be great to know about them.

I do have no objections to refactoring common code into a new module.
I've got no opinion (yet) for the name(space) of that module.

What I would like to see though, before we end up in quicksand, is to
first `finish' the f_meta work, so DBI would at least be releasable
again. Call me conservative, but that would make me happy.

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