Thanks for all the input. I'm going to attempt to write a draft outlining the goals and basic design this weekend.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:24:59PM -0500, Jeff Urlwin wrote: > > > > Just my initial thought. An intended SCOPE would be nice > > for those of > > > us who would like to contribute, but don't have a lot of time to do > > > it. > > > > I expect your DBD::ODBC tests will provide valuable input to > > Tom's design. > > I hope so. If nothing else, to see some of the things that I had to deal > with. Some drivers don't report support for SQL_INTEGER, but do support > SQL_SMALLINT because their integers do not reach the range of the ODBC spec. > I suspect that since it seems that some people are using DBD::ODBC to get > type info from their DB (thanks Steffan!), I suspect that issue will be > perpetuated. I went through similar challenges with DBD::ADO test. Of course I started with DBD::ODBC and DBD::Oracle tests :-) Tom
