Re: [ANN] LuaDist batteries-0.9.1 available

[Peter Drahoš <drahosp@...>]

On 7 Oct, 2012, at 9:49 , Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> wrote:

> Am 06.10.12 22:30, schrieb Peter Drahoš:
>> 
>> On 6 Oct, 2012, at 20:40 , Ryan Pusztai <rpusztai@gmail.com
>> <mailto:rpusztai@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 5, 2012 1:49 PM, "Marc Balmer" <marc@msys.ch
>>> <mailto:marc@msys.ch>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> imo, luasql is only good if you do simple, cross platform
>>> applications.  if you want to do serious PostgreSQL stuff, you are
>>> much better off with my luapgsql binding that you will find on github.
>>>> 
>>>> that said, I tested the postgres connectore and it worked for me. it
>>> is just more or less useless, imo ;)
>>> 
>>> Well I am working with a cross-platform application that is already
>>> written for LuaSQL, so I don't see the point. Also is another Postgres
>>> binding available using LuaDist?
>>> 
>> Not at the moment, just point me to one that works for you and I will
>> add it, best approach is to submit a new module request to issues [1].
>> However the crash is related to libpq.dll (postgres connector interface)
>> which would affect both packages at the moment so this needs to be fixed
>> anyway.
> 
> While LuaSQL is fine for simple applications, it lacks some more
> advanced functionality and as it is cross database, it can only take
> advantage of certain database specific features in a limited way.
> Usually you can only use the lowest common denominator with such layers
> of abstraction.
> 
> (e.g. my problem at hand with LuaSQL was, that I found no proper way to
> determine the database server status, i.e. if the database connection is
> still valid.)
> 
> For real applications I think it is best to decide which database to use
> and then use its feature set.  That is why I created luapgsql
> (https://github.com/mbalmer/luapgsql) in the first place.  It allows me
> to use all kind of PostgreSQL features.
> 
Thanks,
I'll add it once the libpq issue is fixed.

pd