r6216 - in trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers: appserver/appserver csv/csv db2/db2 dbf/dbf gadfly/gadfly informix/informix ingres/ingres interbase interbase/interbase mysql/mysql odbc odbc/wodbc oracle/dcoracle postgresql/popy postgresql/psycopg sapdb/sapdb sqlite/sqlite sqlrelay/sqlrelay sybase/sybase

[reinhard]

Author: reinhard
Date: 2004-08-26 09:23:05 -0500 (Thu, 26 Aug 2004)
New Revision: 6216

Removed:
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/odbc/mxodbc/
Modified:
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/appserver/appserver/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/csv/csv/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/db2/db2/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/dbf/dbf/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/gadfly/gadfly/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/informix/informix/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/ingres/ingres/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/interbase/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/interbase/interbase/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/mysql/mysql/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/odbc/wodbc/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/oracle/dcoracle/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/postgresql/popy/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/postgresql/psycopg/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sapdb/sapdb/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sqlite/sqlite/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sqlrelay/sqlrelay/Info.py
   trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sybase/sybase/Info.py
Log:
Updated status info for the drivers.


Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/appserver/appserver/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/appserver/appserver/Info.py       
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/appserver/appserver/Info.py       
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
   port = 8765
   transport = http
 
-
 Notes
 -----
 1. GNUe AppServer works natively in utf-8, so encoding= is not a valid 
property.

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/csv/csv/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/csv/csv/Info.py   2004-08-26 
14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/csv/csv/Info.py   2004-08-26 
14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -53,4 +53,9 @@
 provider = csv
 dbname = /path/to/my.csv
 firstrowisheader = yes
+
+Notes
+-----
+1. This driver has been partially tested.  If you are successfully using
+   this driver, please let us know.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/db2/db2/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/db2/db2/Info.py   2004-08-26 
14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/db2/db2/Info.py   2004-08-26 
14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. The Win32 binaries are included in the tar'ed file (in win32/)
+1. The Win32 binaries are included in the tar'ed file (in win32/).
 
-2. This driver has not been fully tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
+2. This driver has not been fully tested and is currently unmaintained.
+   If you are successfully using this driver, please let us know.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/dbf/dbf/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/dbf/dbf/Info.py   2004-08-26 
14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/dbf/dbf/Info.py   2004-08-26 
14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # Notes on this driver
 #
 name = _("DBF File Data Driver")
-url = ""
+url = "http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~mspal/pystuff/dbf.txt";
 doc = """
 Description
 -----------
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. This driver has been partially tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
-
-You can fetch the dbf.py module from
-http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~mspal/pystuff/dbf.txt
+1. This driver only allows unfiltered unsorted read-only data access.
+   It is intended for migration purposes only.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/gadfly/gadfly/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/gadfly/gadfly/Info.py     
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/gadfly/gadfly/Info.py     
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -56,6 +56,5 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. This driver has been partially tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
+1. This driver is currently unmaintained and not functional.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/informix/informix/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/informix/informix/Info.py 
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/informix/informix/Info.py 
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -54,9 +54,5 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. This driver has not been fully tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
-
-2. This driver does not yet support schema introspection, so you will not
-   be able to use Wizards in GNUe Designer.
+1. This driver is currently unmaintained and not functional.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/ingres/ingres/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/ingres/ingres/Info.py     
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/ingres/ingres/Info.py     
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -55,9 +55,5 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. This driver has not been fully tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
-
-2. This driver does not yet support schema introspection, so you will not
-   be able to use Wizards in GNUe Designer.
+1. This driver is currently unmaintained and not functional.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/interbase/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/interbase/Info.py 2004-08-26 
14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/interbase/Info.py 2004-08-26 
14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 url = "http://www.firebirdsql.org/";
 description = """
 Firebird is a free relational database offering many ANSI SQL-92 features that
-runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers
+runs on GNU/Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers
 excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for
 stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems,
 under a variety of names since 1981.
 
-Interbase is a commercial database available from Borland.
+Interbase is a proprietary database available from Borland.
 
 Firebird and Interbase share a common API, which allows GNUe to use the same
 drivers for both.

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/interbase/interbase/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/interbase/interbase/Info.py       
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/interbase/interbase/Info.py       
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@
   host=localhost          # The hostname/IP of the Interbase host
   dbname=mydb             # The name of the Interbase database
 
+Notes
+-----
+1. This driver is fully fuctional and has no serious known problems.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/mysql/mysql/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/mysql/mysql/Info.py       
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/mysql/mysql/Info.py       
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@
 Notes
 -----
 1. Transactions are supported if MySQL is compiled with proper
-   transactional support (3.x series does NOT do this by default!)
+   transactional support (3.x series does NOT do this by default!).
 
-2. This driver has been partially tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
+2. Creation of new databases with "gnue-schema --createdb" does not
+   work with this driver.
 
-3. Windows installer available at http://www.cs.fhm.edu/~ifw00065/
+3. Windows installer available at http://www.cs.fhm.edu/~ifw00065/.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/odbc/wodbc/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/odbc/wodbc/Info.py        
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/odbc/wodbc/Info.py        
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. Since the underlying driver does not support introspection, GNUe cannot
-   support ODBC introspection via this driver.
+1. Since the underlying driver does not support introspection and schema
+   creation, GNUe cannot support ODBC introspection and schema creation via
+   this driver.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/oracle/dcoracle/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/oracle/dcoracle/Info.py   
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/oracle/dcoracle/Info.py   
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -60,5 +60,4 @@
 1. Requires Oracle Client Libraries.
 
 2. Does not recognize the TWO_TASK environment setting.
-
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/postgresql/popy/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/postgresql/popy/Info.py   
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/postgresql/popy/Info.py   
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. Available in Debian [sid,woody] as: "apt-get install python-popy
+1. popy is no longer maintained.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/postgresql/psycopg/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/postgresql/psycopg/Info.py        
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/postgresql/psycopg/Info.py        
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -56,5 +56,7 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. Available in Debian [sid,woody] as: "apt-get install python-popy
+1. This is the driver of choice for PostgreSQL.
+
+2. Available in Debian as: "apt-get install python-psycopg".
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sapdb/sapdb/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sapdb/sapdb/Info.py       
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sapdb/sapdb/Info.py       
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -62,6 +62,5 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. This driver has been partially tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
+1. This driver is currently unmaintained and not functional.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sqlite/sqlite/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sqlite/sqlite/Info.py     
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sqlite/sqlite/Info.py     
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -57,4 +57,7 @@
 1. The database engine stores all data in string format. Many
    SQL statements won't work. Comparison of date types won't work
    correctly, etc.
+
+2. Other than that, this driver is fully functional without any serious
+   known problems.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sqlrelay/sqlrelay/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sqlrelay/sqlrelay/Info.py 
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sqlrelay/sqlrelay/Info.py 
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -54,9 +54,5 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. This driver has not been fully tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
-
-2. This driver does not support schema introspection, so you will not
-   be able to use Wizards in GNUe Designer.
+1. This driver is currently unmaintained and not functional.
 """

Modified: trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sybase/sybase/Info.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sybase/sybase/Info.py     
2004-08-26 14:00:24 UTC (rev 6215)
+++ trunk/gnue-common/src/datasources/drivers/sybase/sybase/Info.py     
2004-08-26 14:23:05 UTC (rev 6216)
@@ -55,9 +55,5 @@
 
 Notes
 -----
-1. This driver has not been fully tested.  If you are successfully using
-   this driver, please let us know.
-
-2. This driver does not yet support schema introspection, so you will not
-   be able to use Wizards in GNUe Designer.
+1. This driver is currently unmaintained and not functional.
 """