On 03/12/10 10:48, Caolán McNamara wrote: > On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 10:28 +0000, Wols Lists wrote: >> Where do I start :-) >> >> Seeing as Base is where I want to work, this seems an obvious thing to >> do. I'm guessing that building without Java, then running some tests >> (smoketest? what?) and seeing what breaks is a good idea. > I think the typical thoughts around this are to either change the > default backend for base to be sqlite instead of hsqldb (which is where > the java dependency comes in) or come up with a new backend written in > C++ which can manipulate existing hsqldb format databases. > > If you dig around for "sqlite-sdbc-driver" or something like that you > should find various examples at dba.openoffice.org of various backends > to play with and get a feel for what needs to be implemented in one. > Thanks. I'll have a dig around.
That's actually getting in a bit deeper and quicker than I planned but hey ho - the best way to learn is to jump in the deep end :-) My long term plan was to implement an NF2 back end, but if I get sqlite working that'll be good preparation. (If you want to get me started on the failings of relational, expect a LONG rant !!! :-) Okay, here goes ... Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
