On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Baruch Burstein <bmburst...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I am curious about the usefulness of sqlite's "unique" type handling, SQLite is not unique in this respect. Lots of other languages use flexible, dynamic typing: Javascript, Perl, Python, Tcl, AWK come quickly to mind. SQLite began as a TCL extension, so it should not be surprising that it follows Tcl's dynamic typing model. > and > so would like to know if anyone has ever actually found any practical use > for it/used it in some project? I am referring to the typeless handling, > e.g. storing strings in integer columns etc., not to the non-truncating > system e.g. storing any size number or any length string (which is > obviously very useful in many cases). > Has anyone ever actually taken advantage of this feature? In what case? > Fossil uses dynamic typing, especially in the general-purpose CONFIG table where the VALUE field holds strings, integers, and BLOBs, depending on context. > > -- > ˙uʍop-ǝpısdn sı ɹoʇıuoɯ ɹnoʎ 'sıɥʇ pɐǝɹ uɐɔ noʎ ɟı > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
