int(n) - Kill It On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Brian Aker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi! > > On Jul 24, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Monty Taylor wrote: > > Mark Atwood wrote: >> >>> I say rip it out >>> >>> It's confusing to users. they think it's either a constraint, or it >>> actually saves storage. >>> >> >> ++ >> >> Also, I think we can either have a mysqldump_to_drizzledump tool... >> and/or we can have a dbdump tool that can speak Drizzle and MySQL (and >> postgres? - maybe I'm reaching) and dump to an appropriate target >> syntax... >> > > We should start a blueprint on this. > > BTW I am not seeing anyone defending the int () syntax. Unless I see an > objection I will either delete it myself (it is a bit of a weed...) or > anyone else who wants to tackle it can. > > > Cheers, > -Brian > > >> >> On Jul 23, 2008, at 7:57 AM, Brian Aker wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>>> >>>> I've always thought this as well, but I have no strong opinion on it. >>>> >>>> Realize that by dropping the () bit from INT you create an >>>> incompatibility with mysqldump (of which we have plenty already). >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> -Brian >>>> >>>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 6:32 AM, Arjen Lentz wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Can we get rid of the (n) in INT(n) nonsense? >>>>> I'll admit I've made use of it in combo with ZEROFILL, but really I >>>>> was being lazy, other formatting was done in the app, and thus I'd be >>>>> happy losing both the (n) and the ZEROFILL completely. The db should >>>>> not be involved in output formatting. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Arjen. >>>>> -- >>>>> Arjen Lentz, Founder @ Open Query >>>>> Training and Expertise for MySQL in Australia and New Zealand >>>>> http://openquery.com.au/training/ (ph. +61-7-3103 0809) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: >>>>> https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> >>>>> Post to : drizzle-discuss@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : >>>>> https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> _______________________________________________________ >>>> Brian "Krow" Aker, brian at tangent.org >>>> Seattle, Washington >>>> http://krow.net/ <-- Me >>>> http://tangent.org/ <-- Software >>>> _______________________________________________________ >>>> You can't grep a dead tree. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: >>>> https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> >>>> Post to : drizzle-discuss@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : >>>> https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- > > _______________________________________________________ > Brian "Krow" Aker, brian at tangent.org > Seattle, Washington > http://krow.net/ <-- Me > http://tangent.org/ <-- Software > _______________________________________________________ > You can't grep a dead tree. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> > Post to : drizzle-discuss@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss<https://launchpad.net/%7Edrizzle-discuss> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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