libDatabase 2 testers

[Andre Garzia]

Trevor,

you know I am all about testing libDatabase!

also, I am thinking in adding SQLite support to RevHTTPd thru  
libDatabase so that I can support user sessions, what do you think?

Andre

On May 3, 2005, at 4:04 AM, Trevor DeVore wrote:

> I'm to the point with libDatabase version 2 that I could use some  
> testers.  libDatabase is a database abstraction library built on top  
> of revdb and the Valentina XCMD.  It allows you to interact with your  
> database using arrays (fetches, inserts and updates) and hides all db  
> cursor management.
>
> You can read about the current version at  
> <http://mangomultimedia.com/developer/revolution/ 
> libDatabase_article.html>.
>
> This version adds a number a couple of things:
>
> 1) Support for converting from one database to another.  For example,  
> one call creates a SQLite or Valentina database from your MySQL db.
> 2) Supports binary data using binding in revdb (prefix field names  
> with *b)
> 3) Supports "mapping" of encodings.  The library can optionally map  
> mac to iso, utf8 to utf16, ansi to utf16 and ansi to ut8 when  
> fetching/updating/adding records.
> 4) There are functions for "translating" between different sql  
> dialects (Thanks to Len Morgan for the idea).  Currently there are  
> functions for translating create and insert statements.
>
> So far the library has been tested with MysQL, SQLite and Valentina.   
> Right now there is support for converting from MySQL to SQLite or  
> Valentina but the framework is in place to support any type of  
> conversions that one would care to code.
>
> There have been a lot of changes under the hood so I'm looking for  
> anyone interested in testing the library out and providing any  
> feedback.  If you use PostgreSQL and would like to test things out  
> then we should be able to get PostgreSQL working with the database  
> conversion functions as well.
>
> Anyhow, if you are interested then drop me a line off-list.
>
>
> -- 
> Trevor DeVore
> Blue Mango Multimedia
> trevor at mangomultimedia.com
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