From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-11-06T00:30:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Will ActiveRecord support Berkeley DB?

David Heinemeier Hansson wrote:
>> Are there plans to have ActiveRecord support Berkeley DB?
> 
> 
> The plan is that I'm open to contributions :)
> 
> Seriously, if you want a certain database supported in Active Record, 
> you should really have a look at giving it a go. There's a ton of unit 
> tests, lots of examples from the other adapters, and a healthy 
> community. Most adapters are around a hundred lines of code.

Keep in mind, though, that much of the functionality that AR::Base adds 
to your subclasses is implemented using SQL. Thus, unless your chosen 
backend supports an SQL interface, you'll probably wind up having to 
reimplement most of that functionality. Which means AR wouldn't be 
buying you very much. :(

It would be *nice* (and I'm not volunteering, David! ;)) if AR 
abstracted a bit more away from SQL, but that would add a lot more 
complexity to an already fairly complex beast. As it is, it is a great 
fit for *most* things, and for everything else, wellll....there's 
MasterCard. (sorry, I couldn't resist.)

- Jamis

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