[ZODB-Dev] Re: [Zope-Annce] AdaptableStorage: Object-Relational Mapping for ZODB

[Shane Hathaway]

On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Paul Everitt wrote:
> Where would you like to have discussions for this?  The zodb mailing 
> list?

Yes, that's a good idea.  Folks in zodb-dev, I just announced the first
alpha release of AdaptableStorage.  Check it out.

Shane

> > The first alpha release of AdaptableStorage is ready.  
> > AdaptableStorage lets you store ZODB objects in your own database and 
> > in your format, without using special content classes.  You can use a 
> > filesystem directory, a relational database, or whatever kind of 
> > database you might have as a ZODB.
> >
> > This is very different from all previous solutions.  LocalFS, ExtFile, 
> > CMF directory views, and other similar products require you to use 
> > special content classes that store themselves outside the ZODB. 
> > OracleStorage and CVSFile store all objects as pickles.  Other 
> > solutions have similar issues.  AdaptableStorage, however, reuses as 
> > much of ZODB as possible to achieve orthogonal persistence to 
> > arbitrary databases and formats.
> >
> > At this time, AdaptableStorage comes with two default mappings, a 
> > Zope2-filesystem mapping and a Zope2-PostgreSQL mapping.  These 
> > mappings demonstrate AdaptableStorage and provide a pattern for 
> > creating your own mappings.
> >
> > Version 0.4 is an alpha release. There is enough documentation to get 
> > started.  You will need to download version 1.0.2 of the DBTab 
> > product, also released today.
> >
> > http://hathaway.freezope.org/Software/AdaptableStorage
> > http://hathaway.freezope.org/Software/DBTab
> >
> > Comments and questions are welcome.