RE: [gnome-db] getting mergeant to 1.0

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 22:38, Fernando Martins wrote:
> Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > * the UI should be more document oriented, or, IMO, should just not use
> > a file at all. That is, since we use data sources, it just adds
> > confusion to have users opening a .mergeant file and then defining a
> > data source for that file. I think we should just use data sources.
> >
> ...
> > * since mergeant keeps a lot of info in the file, and if we dont use it,
> > we could have a private area ($HOME/.mergeant) where all that info is
> > kept. A sort of cache, but totally transparent to users.
> >
> 
> This might make sense from a POV of a DB administrator, i.e., this cached
> information is only relevant to him and can be kept hidden.
> 
> However, from the POV a database application developer (think MS Access), it
> makes sense to have a file containing the frontend application (definition
> of tables, queries, forms, reports and scripts for the logic). This file can
> then be distributed, supporting different DBMS but having the same database
> dictionary.
> 
that is easily solved by an 'Export to file' option in Mergeant.

cheers