[Mono-list] SQL Parser for System.Data

[Rodrigo Moya]

On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 12:16, Piers Haken wrote:
> I thought that support for parameters was supplied by the underlying
> data layer?
> 
> For example, in ADO, when you get the parameters for a query, it send
> the query to the database and which parses it and the sends back a list
> of types parameters which the client fills in before making the call.
> 
> I don't think you need to be doing any SQL parsing in the System.Data
> classes unless the particular data layer that you're providing a
> connector for doesn't support this feature - but OLEDB & ADO (and JDBC,
> I think) don't require this.
> 
hmm, well, we may need it, since I suppose client applications will use
a generic format for specifying parameters into the SQL command (Oracle
uses :parameter, while others may use something different). So, I think
we should have a generic SQL parser which understands that generic
notation for parameters, and thus any provider can parse the SQL sent by
clients, replace the parameters with the correct values, and execute the
SQL command on the server (or just pass the string as-is for the DB
server to process it, if it can).

So, yes, I think we'll need a very basic SQL parser that understands the
basic commands.

cheers