On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 07:21:11AM -0800, Terrence Brannon wrote: > Mark Stosberg wrote: > >On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 07:38:34AM +0000, Terrence Brannon wrote: > > > >>NAME > >> DBIx::DBH - Perl extension for simplifying database connections > > > > > >I suggest 'DBIx::DSN' as a better name, since database handles (DBH) are > >universally used in DBI-based projects. > > Thanks for the input Mark. The only thing is, the functionality of the > module is to provide database handles (DBHs) or @connect_data, which equals > ($dsn, $user, $pass, $attr) > > So DSN is too restrictive. Perhaps DBIx::DBH::from_hash ... well who knows. > > I dont understand your comment: " ... since database handles (DBH) are > universally used in DBI-based project" --- why is that an issue? Their is > no chance of trampling on another's namespace is there?
The point is that "DBIx::DBH" is practically meaningless. DBIx::DSN is better, but only slightly. Try something like DBIx::FooConnect or DBIx::ConnectFoo where Foo is something that gives at least a clue about what the modules does. > >I like the idea, having written if/else chains in the past to solve the > >same problem. > > yeah, there is certainly a maze of things to polymorphically wind your way > through when getting the DBI attributes and driver-dsn and > driver-attributes to all meld together. I don't get it. Can someone give me some small but real examples of the problem that's being solved here? Tim.
