Thank you all for your replies on that topic.
I agree that we shouldn't spend too much time and efforts adding "scripting"
capabilities to ij - whereas there are so much languages that could be supported
through JSR 223 (Scripting for the JavaTM Platform).
At this point, I see two places where scripting support could be investigated:
- "inside" Derby, to support stored procedures/functions written using a
scripting language. Shazin Sadakath has already done some work on that as part
of DERBY-4467.
- "outside" Derby, to ease maintenance tasks by allowing an administrator to run
scripts against a Derby DB without relying on a specific Java development.
One key point should be the ease of use.
I don't know at which extend other DBMS supports scripting languages. Maybe one
of our enthusiast students could perform a quick survey on this?
Regards,
- Sylvain
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