From: "Weirich, James" <James.Weirich@...>
Date: 2004-01-10T07:18:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Database applications and OOness

> With a common api Joe just download a binding, find an already common
> and documented interface,  and start coding. 
> Then if he want to switch to DBMS-bar he could have (potentially)
> working code without the need for changes.

DBI is that common interface (and is modelled on the Perl DBI ... I suspect
Python's is likewise modelled on Perls).  DBI comes with a set of drivers
(DBDs) for each type of database supported.  The DBDs each talk to the
native C API library to access the actual database.  I think you are
advocating merging the DBD and the native library into one entity, but I'm
not sure what that would accomplish.  Perhaps it is more of a packaging
issue rather than a code issue.

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