[DB-SIG] Re: Proposal: Standardized way to get database schema
Daniel Dittmar
daniel.dittmar@sap.com
Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:04:57 +0200
>>Another aspect to consider is that databases tend to
>>provide much more information than exposed in your
>>proposal.
Having objects instead of cursor rows would make it
easier to implement database dependent properties (comment,
view definition, table sizes, row count, ...)
There are also useful methods
> There have not been much discussion on this subject past weeks. I'm sad to
> see nearly nobody seems interested.
Perhaps because those that need it have already implemented their own
API (http://dbdoc.sourceforge.net/, http://www.gnuenterprise.org/)
Daniel Dittmar
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Daniel Dittmar
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