On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 09:30:32AM -0400, Nigel Horne wrote: > Ron, > > > I've started working on a DBD::XML driver, and the first pass is looking > > > good. I'm doing this because of the demise of DBD::AnyData, and > > > DBD::AnyData2 isn't ready yet, so until it is I wanted XML support. > > > > > > Before I go any further, is anyone else working on something similar or > > > is there something already out there? I don't want to re-invent the > > > wheel. > > > > It sounds vaguely like my > > https://metacpan.org/release/DBIx-Admin-BackupRestore. > > Excellent, thanks so much for the pointer. I'll take a look and see. > > Apart from one change I need to make in terms of column names, I'm pretty > much ready to start working on a 0.01 CPAN release. It's read-only, but > that's all I need. How do I set about requesting driver registration, or is > this mentioning enough?
Probably :) But I wonder about the name. "DBD::XML" seems to be a bold name, implying that it's _the_ DBI interface for data stored in XML files. Of course the same kind of issue applies to many other drivers, so it's not a major concern, but does seem worth dicussing. Tim.
