Re: [gnome-db] gda_connection_update_meta_store() is slow

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 16:52 +0100, Vivien Malerba wrote:

>         I don't have a sense yet of all the things the meta store can
>         do, but I
>         would at least like some convenience functions to get the
>         common obvious
>         things such as
>         - the list of tables
>         - the list of fields for a specific table
> 
> Getting information out of the meta store can already be done using:
> * gda_meta_store_extract () for very specific needs (one needs to know
> the internal database structure and use SQL)
> * gda_connection_get_meta_store_data() which is more formal
> * a GdaMetaStruct object which is very easy to use and works very well
> for tables and views
> 
> Where the API is still rough is regarding updating the meta store's
> data with the database structure (or populating it the first time),
> where one at the moment can only use
> gda_connection_update_meta_store().

Yes, that's what I mean. I'd like it to be easier to update the meta
store with just that information. And I'm saying that some convenience
functions might take care of the common stuff.

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