On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, RB wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 17:28, <[email protected]> wrote: >> I believe that this 5-variable set can handle just about every variation >> in putting things in the database, and as such would allow the database >> drivers themselves to be greatly simplified. >> >> >> thoughts? > > One, and probably none too bright: the less engine-specific, the > better. I'll be the last to claim programming strictly against a > designed-but-not-implemented API is wise, but some basic ground rules > would be good.
one thing I really dislike about many products that use databases (including LDAP) is that they assume that they are the only thing in existance that needs to use the data, so they can insist on you doing it their way. One thing I really like about how rsyslog does the database access is that it makes it really easy to put the data in whatever schema is easiest for your _other_ tools to access. David Lang _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
