Received: from public.bta.net.cn (public.bta.net.cn [202.96.0.97]) by hub.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA05729 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 23:29:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robinson@public.bta.net.cn) Received: (from robinson@localhost) by public.bta.net.cn (8.9.1/8.9.1) id MAA28899; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 12:24:19 +0800 (GMT) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 12:24:19 +0800 (GMT) From: Michael Robinson Message-Id: <199811150424.MAA28899@public.bta.net.cn> To: maillist@candle.pha.pa.us, scrappy@hub.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] More PostgreSQL+CORBA Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us The Hermit Hacker writes: >> Yea, that would be neat. But considering no one really totally supports >> CORBA yet, and we already have tons of working interfaces, perhaps we >> can consider it in the future, or were you thinking in the next 6-9 >> months? > > Guess that's the next question (vs statement)...who actually >supports Corba at this time? two, off the top of my head, are Gnome and >Koffice...anyone know of a list of others? http://www.corba.org/vendors/index.html > As for 6-9 months...I think this is more in Michael court then >anything...I don't see why work can't start on it now, even if its nothing >more then Michael submitting patches that have the relevant sections >#ifdef's so that they are only enabled for those working on it. I don't >imagine this is going to be a "now it isn't, now it is" sort of thing...it >might take 6-9 months to implement... This is my plan: 1. Wrap the current libpq API in CORBA, as a proof of concept 2. Implement a static row-level interface, which maps PostgreSQL types to CORBA types 3. Design a fully dynamic interface, complete with Interface Repository integration with the PostgreSQL type system 4. Implement the design Number one shouldn't take very long (a few weeks, once I get the whole CORBA development thing sorted out). Two shouldn't take much longer. Three and four is anybody's guess, and, as I mentioned earlier, four depends on currently unimplemented sections of ORBit. -Michael