Re: AnyData open API

On Nov 14, 2013, at 1:09 AM, Jens Rehsack <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I just started looking into AnyData since I didn’t like all the work I was doing to use the template feature of unpack then while processing building a SQLite in-memory/file DB. I am thinking DBD::AnyData would be better and easier to maintain than what I have built 
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>> I notice DBD::AnyData doesn’t work with DBI > 1.622. I am willing to help but not sure where to start. I may try to build a proof of concept from an older DBI to see if it will be any faster/easier to maintain that what I am doing now.
> 
> I would recommend 1st to join IRC - at irc.perl.org in #dbi channel.
> If this is an absolute no-go, maybe a Hangout on Google+ would work better?

I didn’t know there was a #dbi channel! I thought #dbix-class was the only dbi channel. I have joined I am d^_^b or dj_goku or johnny5. :D

> However - the first step should be to read the concept and api of
> DBI::DBD::SqlEngine::(Table|Data)Source. I would favor this API even for
> AnyData and it’s storage backends.

Alright looking at this now.

> Let’s together develop an API on-top of it for parsing, if necessary.

Alright this sounds good. I have no idea where to even start, but I’ll try to help/learn!

> When AnyData got rid of the internal Tie stuff, a reintegration of
> DBD::AnyData into DBD::File will be a smooth way.

Jonathan Otsuka