[Zope3-dev] zope.app.rdb.parseDSN is non-obvious

[Anthony Baxter]

from the docstring for this method:

    We could have the following cases:
        
       dbi://dbname
       dbi://dbname;param1=value...
       dbi://user:passwd/dbname
       dbi://user:passwd/dbname;param1=value...
       dbi://user:passwd@host:port/dbname
       dbi://user:passwd@host:port/dbname;param1=value...

Trying to work out how to get an Oracle connection through this
(normal Oracle connect string syntax is user/passwd at dbname) is
an exercise in frustration until you dive into the code.

The only info on the Connection page is:

    Template: dbi://username:password@host:port/dbname;param1=value..

This seems somewhat awful - why not instead simply make the 
DSN entry page have text boxes for 
    user
    password
    dbname
    host(:port)
    additional parameters
and configure from that?

Is there a reason for keeping the current pretending-it's-a-URL based
approach?

Anthony