From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-05-09T18:00:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby DBI, was Witch Oracle....

On 08.05.2007 22:00, James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On May 8, 2007, at 2:53 PM, khaines@enigo.com wrote:
> 
>> I've believed, for a couple years, that we need a DBI2.  Something 
>> that isn't so directly modeled on the Perl DBI, but is, instead, more 
>> rubyesque in it's API design, and something that learns from DBI and 
>> fixes some of DBI's faults without overachieving -- lean, fast, 
>> simple, with a clean Ruby API.
>>
>> I've discussed this with some other people, off and on, and decided a 
>> couple months ago that this would be a good project to start on here 
>> at the beginning of the summer.  I have a couple things ahead of it in 
>> my queue still, but consider this a prerelease announcement.  :)
> 
> I think this is an exceptionally good idea.  You will be very popular.  ;)

Completely agree!  This sounds promising.

Kirk, what do you think about starting a Wiki to collect requirements 
and / or improvement ideas?  I have at least one requirement that I 
believe is not covered by DBI right now.

I'd also love to help although I can offer only limited resources.

Kind regards

	robert