[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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