RE: [PEAR-DEV] Database Schema Manager

Heh :) I think this separate Schema Manager is a very, very nice idea. I don't have a PEAR account, but +1 for what it's worth. I think that the manager class being a stand-alone package makes a lot of sense; I can see (and would be interested in helping with), for example, creating PhingTasks to create/update databases on project build based on schema files. Hans | | -----Original Message----- | From: Lukas Smith [mailto:smith@backendmedia.com] | Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:20 AM | To: 'PEAR development'; dev@binarycloud.tigris.org; | metabase-dev@yahoogroups.com | | Aside from comments I was also begging for +1's :-) | | Regards, | Lukas | | PS: as binarycloud or metabase users might also be interested | in this I am also forwarding the proposal to them | | > -----Original Message----- | > From: Lukas Smith [mailto:smith@backendmedia.com] | > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:24 PM | | > I am working on separating the Schema Manager in MDB into a | separate | > package. | > | > The idea is that the new Manager will actually not require MDB | anymore. | > Instead the main part of the manager is handling array | structures that | > represent a schema. These array structures can be build up | one by one, | > merged, compared etc. | > | > Also the Manager can call a parser or a writer to read or write a | > schema. | > I intent to provide the following parsers: | > - XML (old parser) | > - SQL (new) | > - MDB (old reverse engineering) | > | > and the following writers: | > - XML (new, used to be embedded in the manager) | > - SQL (new) | > - MDB (old default behaviour) | > | > There are all sorts of other parser and writers possible | (someone else | > needs to decide if they are feasible enough to be implemented) like: | > - PEAR DB | > - WDDX | > - Excel | > - PDF | > - etc. | > | > Here is my preliminary work on the API: | > http://www.backendmedia.com/MDB/Manager/ | > | > I don't know yet how to name it. | > Basically the schema manager does not require MDB by | default anymore. | > Actually it is possible to write a writer and/or parser for any | database | > abstraction layer. | > | > So possible names are as follows: | > DB_Manager | > MDB_Manager | > DB_Schema_Manager | > MDB_Schema_Manager | > ... | > | > Regards, | > Lukas Smith | > smith@backendmedia.com | > _______________________________ | > BackendMedia | > www.backendmedia.com | > berlin@backendmedia.com | > | > Linn Zwoch Smith GbR | > Pariser Str. 44 | > D-10707 Berlin | > | > Tel +49 30 83 22 50 00 | > Fax +49 30 83 22 50 07 | > | > | > | > -- | > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) To | unsubscribe, | > visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php | | | -- | PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) To | unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php | |