Dynamic data queries (was: GnuCash page on GO site)
Linas Vepstas
linas at linas.org
Tue Mar 2 10:18:37 CST 2004
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:09:27AM +0100, C. Gatzemeier was heard to remark:
> Am Montag, 1. M?rz 2004 17:06 schrieb Linas Vepstas:
>
> > Its not cool to hide SQL from the API. Well, it is, but that's only
> > because SQL is broken. Here's how I would like SQL to work:
>
> I really like that idea of a SQL aware application (layer).
>
> Thank you for giving a nice example what dwi/dui is all about.
Actually, that is what "qof" is all about. dwi/dui is something
else again; we'll save that for another day.
> I wouldn't say
> SQL is broken though, it's quite ok for database queries,
Well, yes, OK, its not SQL that's broken; its that there are no
client-side sql parsing tools that can be used to map sql
statements onto C objects (or java classes or python objects....)
But you got the point!
--linas
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