Re: (SoC) SQL storage option for libsvn_fs_base

On 14 Jun 2005 11:09:08 -0500, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net> wrote:
>
> I've been recently warned against referring to a generic SQL backend,
> as the flavors of SQL-ready databases differ wildly enough that you
> really need to make special considerations for each one in order to
> harvest the real utility of any of them. So, unless we really think
> we can pull off a generic SQL backend that just works with all SQL
> databases, let's call this one what it is intended to be -- a
> postqresql backend -- shall we? Just trying to eliminate confusion
> and properly set expectations of the receiving public.

Granting that the details of connecting to the DB and SQL extensions
differ, it'd be nice if a prototypical SQL backend tried to stay as
general as possible (e.g. sequences are available in most
commonly-used RDBs, but table inheritance isn't), to make it more
possible to port the result from Postgres to, say, MySQL.

Just my $0.02.

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Charles Bailey
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