[mythtv-users] Integrating non-traditional program sources into MythTV (won't tell you what it 'was:')
Matt Mossholder
matt at mossholder.com
Wed Jul 23 11:36:45 UTC 2008
----- "Brad DerManouelian" <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
> On Jul 22, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Matt Mossholder wrote:
> > You wouldn't need perl bindings, per se... you would just need mysql
>
> > bindings, which most languages have these days.
>
> You'd need a way to send metadata. You don't *need* perl bindings at
>
> all but we all remember how terrible it was when all perl scripts
> simply used mysql bindings for everything. Or do you want to go back
>
> to a time when the database changes and all supporting scripts have to
>
> be updated to accommodate?
>
If we were using stored procedures, you would be eliminating many of those
issues by having the smarts that were previously in the bindings
resided within the database.
I don't really care, I was just pointing out that perl bindings are
just one means to an end.
--Matt
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