[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: Need for a general purpose database in KDE (maybe kab)
From:       Uwe Klinger <ukl () fh-zwickau ! de>
Date:       1999-07-13 9:52:24
[Download RAW message or body]

On Fre, 09 Jul 1999, Peter Harvey wrote:
> Or how about letting the user choose the database format ( SQL Server or
> whatever ) via ODBC...
> 
> Lars Doelle, myself and others are working on getting ODBC
>  http://www.unixodbc.org ) into KDE.
> 
> I was planning on starting a KDE Data Model project but it is unlikley that
> I will have time for several months. The idea is that someone, using a
> modeling tool such as S-Designer, maintains a data model for all application
> data that can be usefull for other applications. The model is published on
> the web and the tool is used to create scripts for intializing a new
> database on a variety of DBMS'.

I think this is a very important project, i hope you will find some people who
want to help you. Maybe we should start a pilot project with kde and address
database and see how we can use it in kde and how to go on with future kde
development.

> Microsoft publishs many such data models ( i.e. for Outlook ) for its
> developers.
> 
> I think there should be a KDE Database Architect... perhaps a backup person
> as well. As I said; I would love to do it... but I have no time right now.
> 
> Peter Harvey

--
Uwe "UKeY1" Klinger <ukl@fh-zwickau.de>
URL: www.fh-zwickau.de/~ukl/linux
ICQ: 24151366              Student at Applied Science University of West Saxony

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]