Re: [HACKERS] More PostgreSQL+CORBA

The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
>> Yea, that would be neat. But considering no one really totally supports
>> CORBA yet, and we already have tons of working interfaces, perhaps we
>> can consider it in the future, or were you thinking in the next 6-9
>> months?
>
> Guess that's the next question (vs statement)...who actually
>supports Corba at this time? two, off the top of my head, are Gnome and
>Koffice...anyone know of a list of others?

http://www.corba.org/vendors/index.html

> As for 6-9 months...I think this is more in Michael court then
>anything...I don't see why work can't start on it now, even if its nothing
>more then Michael submitting patches that have the relevant sections
>#ifdef's so that they are only enabled for those working on it. I don't
>imagine this is going to be a "now it isn't, now it is" sort of thing...it
>might take 6-9 months to implement...

This is my plan:
1. Wrap the current libpq API in CORBA, as a proof of concept
2. Implement a static row-level interface, which maps PostgreSQL
types to CORBA types
3. Design a fully dynamic interface, complete with Interface
Repository integration with the PostgreSQL type system
4. Implement the design

Number one shouldn't take very long (a few weeks, once I get the whole
CORBA development thing sorted out). Two shouldn't take much longer.
Three and four is anybody's guess, and, as I mentioned earlier, four
depends on currently unimplemented sections of ORBit.

-Michael