From: Jason Foreman <threeve.org@...>
Date: 2005-04-08T00:22:34+09:00
Subject: Re: In-depth schema details in ActiveRecord

This is a nice idea, something I think would be fun to have.  The
usefulness beyond simple rapid demo and prototyping is debatable, but
if nothing else it could still be useful in those aspects.  The root
of the problem as you pointed out is being able to handle multiple
platforms.

I'm also new to Ruby and RubyOnRails.  Coming from Java, we have the
benefit of the JDBC standard that most db drivers followed reasonably
well.  The metadata provided by the driver could give me tons of
useful info.  Does such a construct exist in Ruby (DBI?)  that could
be leveraged in something like AR?  I notice that AR has various
adapters for different databases, this might provide some insight. 
I'll try to dig into all this over the weekend.

This would be an interesting project to work on, and if you get
anything going keep me posted!

Jason