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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: What's the deal with kdedb?
From:       Alessandro Praduroux <pradu () thekompany ! com>
Date:       2001-05-17 19:27:23
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On Wednesday 16 May 2001 15:52, Holger Schurig wrote:
> > 2. Backport the SQL path of Qt 3 to 2.3. I think this should be
> > pretty trivial since it seems pretty separate from the UI of Qt.
>
> No it's not. The widgets are now data-aware. On my system the docs for
> this is on
>
> file:/usr/src/qt-x11-free-3.0.0-snapshot-20010419/doc/html/sql.html#Data-Aw
>are_Widgets
>
> :-)
>
> Later on, you can read "QSqlForm uses QSqlPropertyMap to handle the
> transfer of data between widgets and database fields. Custom widgets
> can also be used in a form by installing a property map that contains
> information about the properties of the custom widget which should be
> used to transfer the data.".
>
> And also this article makes clear that Qt Designer also has a word to
> speak.
>
>
> All of this is stuff that I don't see in KDEDB.

Then probably the best choice is to move away kdedb from kdelibs and wait for 
QT3 to have a database infrastructure for kde. The best thing is to put it in 
kdenonbeta, so it's available to anyone willing to work on it.


-- 
Pradu
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Alessandro Praduroux
pradu@thekompany.com
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