[Biopython-dev] BioSQL drivers, was: Planning for Biopython 1.54

[Kyle]

What should the parameter by called? Possibilities: 'backend', 'dbtype', ...
ideas anyone?

Kyle

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:19 AM, Peter <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk>wrote:

> Hmm. I think it might be cleaner to have a new optional argument like
> batabase back end (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3). If the back end
> is specified without the driver (which would be the encouraged usage)
> then we will pick the driver at run time (based on if in Jython, or for
> PostgreSQL which drivers are installed). Existing scripts can continue
> to specify the driver directly (but we can eventually deprecated this?).
>
> Peter
>