Re: [dba-dev] OOo driver for Embedded Data

2005-07-27 Thread Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germa ny
Hi Andrew, Are there currently any plans to implement either a JDBC or ODBC driver for access to the data in an Embedded database file? No, there aren't. I suppose a JDBC driver wouldn't be too difficult. The existing HSQLDB JDBC driver supports an abstract API for file access, and when you

Re: [dba-dev] OOo driver for Embedded Data

2005-07-27 Thread Andrew Jensen
Frank Sorry, if some of my questions are rather sophmoric, but I still don't have a great feeling for exactly what the direction the Base application is taking. MAYBE I was asking for it...a little. I have been busy reading easy stuff ..The requirments specifications on the dba project

Re: [dba-dev] Embedded Database and User accounts and Schema's

2005-07-27 Thread Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germa ny
Hi Andrew, A few questions regarding User accounts and the embedded HSQL database engine? I suppose I can boil it all down to - Will they be supported or not? Users - maybe. At the moment, they aren't - as you rightly stated -, but they might make sense. Schemas - probably not. The

Re: [dba-dev] Embedded Database and User accounts and Schema's

2005-07-27 Thread Andrew Jensen
The "self-contained database" feature is targeted at unexperienced users, OK, now here is where I have a concern, self-contained databases have a whole list, imo, of benefits for developers targeting small businesses and in-house developers at small businesses (SB). Most of these have to do