From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id NAA22011; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:50:05 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA22039 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:50:03 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail14.messagelabs.com (mail14.messagelabs.com [212.125.75.19]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id h5DBo3T21637 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:50:03 +0200 (MET DST) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: ben@socialtools.net X-Msg-Ref: server-17.tower-14.messagelabs.com!1055504998!62 Received: (qmail 31681 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2003 11:49:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pigeon.misys.com) (217.196.235.2) by server-17.tower-14.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 13 Jun 2003 11:49:58 -0000 Received: FROM gull.misys.com BY pigeon.misys.com ; Fri Jun 13 12:51:20 2003 +0100 Received: from socialtools.net (freyr.midas-kapiti.com [10.80.53.223]) by gull.misys.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id MMVRRGTR; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:50:14 +0100 Message-ID: <3EE9BA52.1080809@socialtools.net> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:49:38 +0100 From: Benjamin Geer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030530 X-Accept-Language: en-gb, en, fr, it MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christophe TROESTLER CC: caml-list@inria.fr, ben@beroul.uklinux.net Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Dbi: proposal #1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 dbi:99 troestler:01 java's:01 messagelabs:99 globe:99 christophe:01 ocaml:01 wrote:03 interface:03 viruses:95 service:94 visit:92 benjamin:07 difficult:07 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Christophe TROESTLER wrote: > Here is the first proposal for a database independent interface (Dbi) > for Ocaml. It's great to see this! Two suggestions. It might be worth thinking, at an early stage, about how 2-phase commit (preferably via the XA standard) and connection pooling and can be integrated into this framework. If you try to bolt these things on later (which is what happened in Java's JDBC interface), it could be more difficult. Ben ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners