$dsn = $name_to_dsn_hash{$dsn} unless $dsn =~ /^dbi:/i;
Tim.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:08:19PM -0500, Chuck Fox wrote:
> Hello fellow coders,
>
> I have successfully subclassed DBI with the intent of overridding the
> connect method so that I can retrieve the password from my password
> server. One of my primary considerations in subclassing DBI was to not
> change the interface. However, one of my co-workers is insisting that
> we modify the interface so that a RDBMS's name be passed separately. My
> point back to him was that there are RDBMS's that do not have a name but
> rather an address (host:port).
>
> My question is: Do I attempt to parse the DSN for the name of the
> server, or force my users to pass it separately ? I am heavily leaning
> to the former as this allows a very seamless transitition to the new
> module. However, I am loathe to investigate and write/lift parsing code
> for each DBD I want to support.
>
> Here's where you come in and say, "Good idea Chuck, but"
>
> TIA,
>
> Chuck
>
