Re: packages submissions : ob-sql-session and org-blog

[Phil Estival]

* [2024-09-11 05:01] Adam Porter:
> Hi Phil,
>
> A quick, initial suggestion: it would be good to reformat the Lisp code 
> in both projects, as I see several cases of incorrect indentation, 
> hanging parens, extra blank lines, etc, and some of them would make the 
> code hard to read.  For my Lisp editing, I use aggressive-indent-mode, 
> which ensures that the code is always indented correctly.  For some 
> other reformatting, Oleh Krehel's Lispy package has commands to help.

Hi Adam,

> Also, for org-sql-session (which sounds very useful), it would be good
> to compare and contrast it with the package it's meant to supersede.

The following comparison was added to the readme file.

ob-sql-mode :
- is very simple : forward the sql source through `sql-redirect'
- has a test suite
- but gives clunky output
- no :results table
- sql client shell commands messes up output
- prompt again for connection parameters when restarting a session

ob-sql-session :
- handle large results
- has :results tables
- accept header variables (:var)
- accept sql client shell commands
- keep login parameters
- prompt only for blank connection parameters
- can use `with-environment-variables'
- provide some more tests

> since it's meant to integrate with org-babel, it might be good to 
> discuss its inclusion on the Org mailing list also.

CC-ing the Org mailing list.

Phil