Re: Database Schema Manager

I'm +1 too, ambitiuos (if it's spelled so) class :-) for the name, my opinion is: DB_Schema On Thursday, June 19, 2003 13:23, Lukas Smith wrote: > Hi, > 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 -- Tomas V.V.Cox mailto:cox@idecnet.com