Re: Perlbug questions

H.Merijn Brand writes:
>On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:42:06 +0200, H.Merijn Brand <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Please send latest sql/current_db_structure and change sql/README (tell them/us
>> to use current_db_structure when starting fresh; don't refer to non-existing
>> files (insert_flags.sql)) and make it clear in the database snapshow *what*
>> version I'm dealing with!
>
>What about changing "-Q" request to [email protected] to return
>current_db_structure.sql instead of "show ..." outpur for bugadmins? Maybe make
>it a preference option in the admin table.
>
>OTOH, with my latest -H output (2.23 ha ha), the options -E, -F, -G, -g, -I, -i,
>-J, -j, -K, -k, -M, -N, -O, -P, -T, -U, -V, -Y, -Z and -z are still free. We
>can claim -N (newest schema) to return the schema in SQL terms.

Maybe we also need --long-options?  ;)

But the real answer is that programs shouldn't be hitting the database 
directly, if they can find another way.

Richard has put a very thourough OO interface into the system, which
abstracts away a lot of the database stuff.

-R