[teiid-dev] Oracle Spatial Connector

[Larry O'Leary]

On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 10:27 -0400, John Doyle wrote:
> I agree.

Logged as https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/TEIID-787


> ----- "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
> > 978.392.3917
> > ken.johnson at redhat.com
> > 
> > 
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Larry O'Leary <loleary at redhat.com>
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