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| Still working on it. Really!:: |
::2003-05-28 18:37:10 |
I know that there has been close to no apparent activity, but that's not really the case. I have a project here at work that is based on the SUR postrges stuff. This seems to me the best way to develop SUR for postgres. Building something that we are actually going to use.
For the most part, it's all working. Even the sessions stuff. There are a couple of little things here and there, but that for the most part will work itself out. If it gets too tough I'll be whining and whimpering on a message board somewhere for help.
Cheers,
Terrence
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| Starting on Postgres:: |
::2003-03-06 13:07:27 |
Well, after downloading and taking a look at Frontbase, I decided that Postgres made a lot more sense because it's free. I can see more people looking for support for Postgres than Frontbase. Too me, it seems a mindshare thing. When people think of free databases what comes to mind? MySQL then Postgres. And dare I say it, in that order too.
Now to get to work. I think I'm going to just take what I think are equivalent pgsql functions and plug 'em in. We will of course test a good share and see how well this works. It's allmost sure to be fraught with despair, but it'll be fun just the same.
Cheers,
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| Name in lights! Announced on Freshmeat :: |
::2003-02-22 15:34:18 |
Well, I managed to convince the Freshmeat scrutineers to list SUR there. Hmmmm? Fresh SUR has kinda' a ring to it.
Anyway, let's see how much traffic results. It's cool in a way to see the package their, but scary at the same time. No matter how much you check and re-check a hunk of code, no matter the fact that it works for you in a production environ and has been for some time, you can't help but wonder, "Did I miss something?" Well, I hope I didn't!
Cheers,
Terrence (BDKR)
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| Finally!:: |
::2003-02-20 16:04:28 |
It's done! Now to get flamed. :-0
It's been a while, but Small Unit Raid is finished for the most part. Just as it should say above, Small Unit Raid (SUR) is a non OO db abstraction lib. It's actually based on the idea of structures (as in C). This is done by using methodless classes and accessing elements directly as opposed to OOP -->get and -->set type methods.
The objective of this is to be small and fast as possible (you may be suprised by the speed and high level of abstraction). As a result, the API is very small. This, in the authors opinion makes a ton of sense. Most web applications (and many others) don't need a lot in the way of functionality. However, if you do, my suggestion is Adodb. If you don't need much in the way of functionality, but insist on OO, check out Eclipse (sorry I can't remember the link at this time). However, if you feel the OO peformance hit isn't worth it, SUR may be worth a look at.
At this point, MySQL is all that's supported, but there are plans for more. Frontbase or Postgres is next on the list. Additionally, there are provisions for MySQL's transaction support should you need such a thing (I use it here at work).
If you do download it, please drop me a line and tell me what you think of it. If you decide to use it for your own site, please drop a line and let me know about it. I'd like to create a list or something of people that are using it.
Cheers,
Terrence (BDKR)
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