Re: database support classes

[Pierre van Rooden]

Rob van Maris wrote:

I suggest anyone that likes to develop a new database support class to
use the Storage classes, which are documented.

Then tell me how to use these, or point me to some documentation.
I have no idea how to set up my configuration to use the new storage
classes.

You set them up in the same way as you do with the database support classes: you configure which database to use in mmbaseroot.xml

There are two databases that now work with Storage: mysql and postgresql.
These are described in relational.xml and postgresql.xml, in the database dir in the MMBase config. They have documentation on how to configure the various schemes (database instruction templates).
Adding a new database would work in a similar way, though some databases might need additonal implementation for specific targets such as generating a key, or craeting dependent tables (though I think a lot can be done using the schemes).
For OO databses, you can extend OODatabaseStorage.java. for relational databases extend RelationalDatabaseStorage.java.

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