ANN: Gtk2::Ex::DBI-0.6

From: Dan (dan_at_entropy.homelinux.org)
Date: 01/18/05

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To: dbi-users@perl.org, gtk-perl-list@gnome.org, perl@lists.mysql.com, mysql@lists.mysql.com

    I'm pleased to annouce the 6th release of Gtk2::Ex::DBI ...
    http://entropy.homelinux.org/Gtk2-Ex-DBI/

    Gtk2::Ex::DBI is an open-source helper object that makes your Gtk2-Perl
    apps data aware.
    It handles querying, 'painting' records on your Glade-generated form,
    passing updates back to the database server, inserting, deleting, and
    much more.

    This release is a MAJOR update that dramatically improves performance
    while lowering the system requirements, by selecting small 'slices' of
    records instead of the entire resultset at once.

    Currently MySQL is the only database server that gets full
    functionality, but I've made some progress with SQL Server by switching
    to DBD::ODBC - full SQL Server ( and Sybase too, I assume ) support
    should arrive in the next version. Adding support for Oracle and
    Postgres should be trivial, but I don't use either, so it's up to others
    ( hint, hint )

    For anyone who has bookmarked my webpage previously, note that the
    address has moved ( see last item in changelog ).

     From the changelog:

    Version 0.6, released 18-Jan-2005

        MAJOR CHANGE: Implemented selecting of partial recordsets ( slices ) instead of simply selecting the whole recordset at once.
            Dramatically improves performance on low-memory machines, and in cases of large recordsets
        INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: The min / max values that are passed to the record spinner are now the recordset position PLUS ONE
            ( ie starts at 1 now instead of 0 )
        Update the range of the record spinner when inserting / deleting
        Added workaround for http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156017
        Added support for default values. TODO: Support for fetching default values from DB Server
        Added support for Gtk2::CheckButton
        Broke out last_insert_id functionality into it's own method
        Fixed logic problem in 'move' method if there are no records ( don't try to move to position -1 )
        Added ( dodgy ) workaround for http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52372 - we bail out :)
        Documentation additions / cleanups
        Got website back online at http://entropy.homelinux.org after a large outage
            ( I was in Cambodia for a month, and someone stole my hostname after it expired )

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