Re: [Tracker] Simplifying DBus interface

[Laurent Aguerreche <laurent aguerreche free fr>]

Le lundi 11 septembre 2006 Ã 19:38 +0100, Jamie McCracken a Ãcrit :
> > The idea i had was that we could provide frontend libraries (python ,
> > c, etc) that build the right SQL queries client side, and send it
> > through one DBus function, instead of multiple DBus functions that
> > build queries server side; however, i'm not sure it would add any
> > advantages except for the simpler DBus interface, and could very well
> > be harder to code (since we'd have to write sql building code for
> > languages we need to support).
>
> Almost all of the methods call a Stored procedure and do not build up 
> queries. SPs are way faster than building queries because they are 
> already compiled and optimised to bytecode and need no parsing like sql.
>
> The only benefit would be to allow querying of stuff not supported by 
> the dbus interfaces. (still handy to have mind you)

But you'll have to ensure that all queries won't "corrupt" DB and you
will expose how DB is architected internally...


Laurent.