On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Philip Hazel wrote:
> I haven't had any further comment apart from the postings by Malcolm
> Beattie and Peter Lister, who were both unhappy at the idea of releasing
> direct SQL access. Yet I feel that that is exactly what some users
> actually want, and it means that I don't have to invent an interface
> between some new syntax and SQL.
I'm not syaing "don't", just suggesting that (a) the complicated stuff is
probably already available via Perl DBI (which as MB says has already
addressed many of the problems that Exim is likely to hit) and (b) that
for some purposes an aliasfile like system keeps SQL away from the Exim
configuration, partly prompted by Nigel's observation that some "easy"
things can sensibly be handled differently to "hard" things. I don't see
how (b) involves a "new syntax", and it would useful for people who don't
need SQL bells+whistles, but could usefully interrogate an existing
corporate DB view.
Of course we *are* both perl fans, though MB is a wizard and I'm a mere
apprentice. :-)
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