----- "John Verhaeg" <jverhaeg@redhat.com> wrote:
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> On Jan 26, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Ramesh Reddy wrote:
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> > On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 15:53 -0500, Barry Lafond wrote:
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> >>      * Maintain current Preview Data and Execute VDB functionality.
> > Unless you are thinking to maintain both Teiid 6.2 along with Teiid 7.0
> > in the designer this is not possible.
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> > Teiid 7.0 does NOT support embedded version, nor does it work out side
> > the container.
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> No, we're not planning on maintaining 6.2.  The idea, which we still believe is possible, is to auto-build and deploy VDBs under the covers that contain artifacts from the workspace, build an appropriate DTP profile, etc., then use DTP's existing preview capability against that Teiid source.

Barry: "Under the covers" means replacing the current designer "runtime query metadata" with a standard (hidden) VDB..... dang, this sounds like Dimension.

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> >>      * Replace Designer's SQL Explorer (and possibly Preview Data)
> >>        functionality via VDB-to-server deployment and DTP query
> >>        execution.
> > Once you integrate with DTP tools, this view is given automatically,
> > replacing the SQLExplorer, provided we create a Teiid connection
> > profile. This is already being worked by jdoyle.
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> We're aware of John's work; the purpose of this posting is to inform the rest of the community as to our intentions wrt to releases.  Plus, John's work doesn't cover all aspects of what we're discussing (see above).  Finally, the DTP view that is "given automatically" doesn't just show up in Designer automatically - we're still anticipating some development work necessary to ensure the user experience remains as seamless as possible and to reduce any drastic changes to how things work now.
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> Thanks,
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> JPAV
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