Re: [Tracker] Simplifying DBus interface

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Samuel Cormier-Iijima wrote:
> I had a strange idea: what if all (or most) search methods were SQL
> queries implemented client-side? i.e. if DBus had one real method such
> as ExecuteQuery, and the client library had a wrapper which created
> the right queries? this would radically simplify the DBus interface,
> and would allow executing more exotic queries also. the live query
> interface would still have to be implemented "server"-side though...
> at worst, could you include such a method? it would be fun to execute
> queries on my indexed filesystem :-)

Im quite happy to add this feature (patches welcome)

bear in mind that not everyone knows sql nor trackers database structure 
intimately so it cannot replace tracker's Dbus API which is focused 
around easy to use methods for first class objects.

Also we will have at least two backends (mysql and sqlite - which is 
coming along nicely and can be seen in cvs) and that any sql you submit 
should avoid non-standard propriety extensions.

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Mr Jamie McCracken
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