Hi,
This is to announce that next version of DBD::SQLite (the Perl driver
for accessing SQLite databases) will include support for virtual tables
written in Perl. This is easier than writing virtual table extensions in
C code, so I hope to see creative uses of this feature from fellow Perl
programmers.
To anybody interested : the dev release is at
https://metacpan.org/pod/release/ISHIGAKI/DBD-SQLite-1.43_05/lib/DBD/SQLite.pm
and the source repository is at
https://github.com/DBD-SQLite/DBD-SQLite .
The distribution includes two builtin virtual tables :
* FileContent
(https://metacpan.org/pod/release/ISHIGAKI/DBD-SQLite-1.43_05/lib/DBD/SQLite/VirtualTable/FileContent.pm)
: a variation on test_fs.c from the sqlite source, useful for using FTS4
indices on content stored in the filesystem rather than in sqlite tables.
* PerlData
(https://metacpan.org/pod/release/ISHIGAKI/DBD-SQLite-1.43_05/lib/DBD/SQLite/VirtualTable/PerlData.pm)
: a variation and generalization on test_intarray.c from the sqlite
source. Various kinds of Perl datastructures can be viewed as SQLite
tables, both as input and as output, and this can be an easy way to
communicate between a Perl program and a sqlite database, or for joining
data from various sources.
The stable release should be published in next September or October.
Comments / remarks are welcome.
Cheers, Laurent Dami
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