Re: Spatialite prefix request

On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 01:05:40AM -0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> 
> > Did you have a prefix in mind that is not already in use?  Would 'sl_' be
> > appropriate, for example?   You can find the current list of assignments at
> > about line 320 in DBI.pm, and 'sl_' appears to be available.  (The longest
> > current prefix is 'monetdb_'; if you requested 'spatialite_' as the prefix,
> > that would be 3 characters longer than the current longest.)
> 
> I'd like to see the trend go the other way, and use the full name, just 
> like many other DBDs do. Characters are cheap, and "sl" not only gives no 
> clue as to what driver is meant to the viewer of code that uses it, but 
> risks future collisions as well. So +1 to using 'spatialite_'

+1

Tim.