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 UAA26228; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 20:57:57 +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 UAA26058 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 20:57:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ajax.cs.uga.edu (ajax.cs.uga.edu [128.192.251.3]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h3CIvs926962 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 20:57:54 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from cs.uga.edu (ajax.cs.uga.edu [128.192.251.3]) by ajax.cs.uga.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA12796 for ; Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:57:51 -0400 (EDT) To: caml-list@inria.fr From: cashin@cs.uga.edu Subject: [Caml-list] Re: DBI References: <200304091535.10307.mwohlwend@web.de> <20030411.191844.43121468.debian00@tiscali.be> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:57:51 -0400 Message-ID: <87wuhztufk.fsf@cs.uga.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.090014 (Oort Gnus v0.14) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam: no; 0.00; dbi:99 troestler:01 tiscali:99 disuse:01 christophe:01 ocaml:01 writes:01 pgp:02 module:03 interface:03 dynamic:03 perl:03 loading:04 define:05 i'm:07 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Christophe TROESTLER writes: ... > Otherwise, one must define a basic set of facilities that each basic > database interface (perl DBD) must provide and use dynamic loading to > a common DBI module. So, in my opinion, the first thing to do is any > case is > > agree on a general database interface. With perl, there were a few different DBI-type things and the others fell into disuse. So I'm not sure that agreement is necessary so much as a really good (stable, simple, general, well-documented) implementation. > Are there people interested on this list? Sure. No telling when I'll want to use a database from ocaml, but when I do, it would be nice if I don't have to tie myself to one particular db. -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin@uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/ ------------------- 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