DBI/SQL backend

[Nathan Buchanan]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com>
wrote:

> I think the DBI/SQL backend is ready to try.  It is in the gda-dev2
> branch.  The GDA backend has been disabled and a DBI backend is enabled.
>  It assumes that the include files are in /usr/include/dbi/dbi.h and the
> driver files are in /usr/lib/dbd.  The only driver that the DBI backend
> supports is sqlite3.  I am using libdbi-0.8.2.  I assume later versions
> will work.  I don't know about earlier versions.  There is a compilation
> check that the header file is present, but no version check.
>
> No new URI types have been added.  If you try to open a file, it will
> check if it is an sqlite3 file, and will load it with sqlite3.  If it
> can't, it will revert to xml.  Save As will save a file as an sqlite3
> file.  The "Connect to Database" menu entry is still enabled but will
> (probably) fail.
>
> I don't have a windows compilation environment, so I haven't tried it on
> windows.


So, I got it compiled (with the gmtime fix) and it seems to run ok up until
I try to save as. When I choose save as and enter the desired file name I
get an error stating "Can't parse the URL C:\soft\test_file\test.db." This
happens with *all* names I enter, including *.gnc names, so something is
slightly broken ;) I suspect it's that windows formatted name problem again,
but can't spend time on it for the next few days.

Nathan

>
>
> Please feel free to try it out and report any problems.  This is not yet
> ready for your real data, though it would be a good test to load your
> xml file and save-as an sqlite3 file.
>
> Phil
>
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