[teiid-dev] Oracle Spatial Connector

[John Doyle]

I agree.

----- "Ken Johnson" <kejohnso at redhat.com> wrote:

> Agreed.  May want to consult with John D when he returns though I 
> suspect he'd be on board as well.
> 
> Steven Hawkins wrote:
> > Combining them is a great idea.  Yes, we should leave the function
> definitions separate for now.  TEIID-231 will hopefully address this
> shortcoming.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Larry O'Leary" <loleary at redhat.com>
> > To: "teiid-dev" <teiid-dev at lists.jboss.org>
> > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 2:12:45 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
> Central
> > Subject: [teiid-dev] Oracle Spatial Connector
> >
> > I propose that the Oracle Spatial Connector be dropped and its
> > functionality/capabilities be merged with the Oracle Connector.  
> >
> > If we were to combine the two, I would recommend that we keep the
> > function definitions separate from our built-in/system functions
> and
> > offer the Oracle Spatial function definitions to the end-user so
> they
> > can add them to their Designer and Teiid installation as
> appropriate.  
> >
> > The advantage of combining the two connectors is that currently the
> > Spatial connector is inheriting everything from the Oracle
> connector
> > which means that when something changes in the Oracle connector, we
> may
> > need to perform impact analysis and modify test cases to cover the
> > Spatial version of the connector.  Also, it does not make much sense
> to
> > me that we have two separate connectors seeing that Oracle Spatial
> > functions are provided by Oracle 9i and beyond and do not appear to
> be
> > extra features of Oracle.
> >
> > If anyone is in disagreement or can think of reasons why the
> connectors
> > should be left apart, please speak up as this is uncharted territory
> for
> > me.
> >
> >   
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ken Johnson
> Sr. Product Manager
> JBoss Middleware Business Unit
> Red Hat, Inc
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> ken.johnson at redhat.com
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