On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 12:26:44PM +0100, Matt Sergeant wrote:
>
> > Or, here's an odd thought that just crossed my mind...
> >
> > You could have a set of apache servers that are 'pure' DBI proxy servers.
> > That is, they POST requests containing SQL (for prepare_cached) plus
> > bind parameter values and return responses containing the results.
> >
> > Basically I'm proposing that apache be used as an alternative framework for
> > DBI::ProxyServer. Almost all the marshaling code and higher level logic
> > is already in DBI::ProxyServer and DBD::Proxy. Shouldn't be too hard to do
> > and you'd gain in all sorts of ways.
> >
> > Anyone fancy having a go? Let me know so we can discuss it in more detail.
>
> Sounds like just a CORBA/RPC type thing. Wouldn't you be better off using
> CORBA::ORBit?
Maybe. I dunno. I don't actually need this stuff, I just want there to
be a solution out there for those that do. I'm waving my hands around
and pointing in various directions hoping someone will _do_ something!
:-)
Tim.
