--- Matt S Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 07:48:59AM -0700, John > Napiorkowski wrote: > > > Peopl who champion a specific DB engine, how > would > > > this work for you? > > > > > > I'm getting increasingly tempted to just sod it > and > > > apply jason's patch > > > when he sends out a test case or two for it and > > > we'll see what happens. > > > > They do need tweaks to the timedate > > inflation/deflation but I usually do it by hand > and > > not rely on the standard timedate inflators. > > > > I thought about offering a patch for this but to > be > > honest it seems like it would get messy to have > each > > inflator/deflator have to deal with each and every > > database issue. seems like something that should > go > > into storage. > > Err. the $storage->datetime_parser thing was left > deliberately vague so > you could subclass the DateTime::Format:: module as > required (or just send > patches upstream). > > Maybe you could have a go at implementing an API for > that that other > databases can follow?
Okay, I have some stuff I want to work on for Postgresql, including some support of array and other datatypes, but I'll have to wait for the next cycle I think since it's a lot to do. Thanks, John > > > I don't know who the Postgresql champion is, but > if > > you don't have one I'll volunteer. > > So far as I was concerned you pretty much already > did; there's no formal > positions anyway. > > Basically, some people seem to deal primarily with > issues specific to a > particular database; sticking something in the > subject line that hints at > wanting that sort of person to reply seems to work > for getting them to > respond. > > That's about as far as it exists :) > > > My 2 cents is I don't object to the patch > mentioned > > since most of the time it does what you want, > unless > > you are doing fancy stuff with multiple timezones > in > > the database. I typically normalize to GMT and > then > > set a TZ offset as a table attribute for when I > need > > to manage users or stuff in different timezones. > > -- > Matt S Trout Need help with your > Catalyst or DBIx::Class project? > Technical Director Want a managed development > or deployment platform? > Shadowcat Systems Ltd. Contact mst (at) > shadowcatsystems.co.uk for a quote > http://chainsawblues.vox.com/ > http://www.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/ > > _______________________________________________ > List: > http://lists.rawmode.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class > Wiki: http://dbix-class.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/ > IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class > SVN: > http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/trunk/DBIx-Class/ > Searchable Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ List: http://lists.rawmode.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class Wiki: http://dbix-class.shadowcatsystems.co.uk/ IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/trunk/DBIx-Class/ Searchable Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
