[mythtv] Intro and Mythweb

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 01 November 2005 09:37 am, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Chris Petersen wrote:
> >> Although this could certainly done in Mythweb itself, another
> >> approach could be to extend the mythtv protocol to provide some
> >> program guide access functions,
> >
> > I'm *all* for this.  personally, I'd much rather see the protocol
> > expanded so that clients don't have to talk directly to the database.
> > Unfortunately, that's not how it currently works.
>
> I would whoheartedly agree here.  Having everything in the protocol
> eliminates the possibility of a client doing something wrong to the DB
> because all calls are made through the backend which will properly
> handle the call.  And if nothing else, it eliminates the need for a DB
> client and configuration on the client.

frontend -> backend -> dbserver -> backend -> frontend
vs.
frontend -> dbserver -> frontend

If you were a simple query, which would you prefer to do? =)

I am still planning on writing sqlite-based 'mythdbserver' at some point 
shortly after 0.19, though, so it'll use the same wire protocol / connection 
stuff as normal frontend/backend communication.

Isaac