[ANN] Pharo Glorp port release

Hi!

We are reaaaaally happy to announce (at last) a very very stable release of the new Glorp port :D.  We've done a lot to achieve the following results with Glorp:

OpenDBX Oracle:
- 7 errors related to Blobs, which are not supported by opendbx.
- 1 failure related to timestamp cast (and I don't understand the test intention yet :P)

OpenDBX MySql:
- 100% green tests :D

OpenDBX PostgreSQL:
- 7 errors and 1 failure related to Blobs, which are not supported by opendbx (again).

OpenDBX SQLite:
- 6 failures related to large objects, which are not supported by opendbx (again again).. 2 (expected) failures related to times & dates.

Native PostgresV2 Driver:
- 2 failures with blobs

So far, some FAQs:

¿What is the difference between this port and the old one?
Almost 4 years of work of the VW team with tons of bugfixing (see the last 4 years release notes from Glorp for more detail :P)

¿How can I load it?
If you want to load Glorp + OpenDBX, you can try the following:

Gofer it
    squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository';
    package: 'ConfigurationOfGlorpDBX';
    load.
   
(((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfGlorpDBX) perform: #project) perform: #version: with: #stable) load

Also, you can try loading only Glorp (maybe because you want to integrate it with your own database driver):

Gofer it
    squeaksource: 'MetacelloRepository';
    package: 'ConfigurationOfGlorp';
    load.
   
(((Smalltalk at: #ConfigurationOfGlorp) perform: #project) perform: #version: with: #stable) load

¿How did we test it?
We've tested it in Pharo 1.2 and Pharo 1.3 + Jenkins CogVms.

¿What's coming next?
We are working for your happiness (?).

Hehe, our next step is to release the DBXMagritte project, which aims to allow people working in the Software business to create easy CRUD -the same scaffolding idea from RoR for example- including some of the following features:

- (create a class model + magritte descriptions) from a database schema
- [if you already have a descripted class model] use magritte descriptions to create a database schema
- use magritte descriptions to create glorp mappings

And then, you can use the same descriptions for your Seaside app, or in every magritte-friend framework you like ;)


So, thanks again to ESUG for sponsoring the project :).

Guillermo, Santiago, Gisela, Mariano, Esteban and Diogenes

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Mariano
http://marianopeck.wordpress.com

Hi,

DBXTalk is good work!
I really love to see that stuff going forward!

Before I spend a lot of time playing around: has anybody tried using Pharo/GLORP/ODBC (Access or SQLSrv) on Windows?
Or Pharo/GLORP/SQLite on Windows?
Is there some place on the web where I can find info on how to set this up?

In an open source context, this is probably a heretic question, and if I could choose freely, Linux and PostgresQL would be my favorite.
OTOH: The fact that each windows installation comes with an Access engine and respective ODBC driver makes the combination very attractive for starting something on a windows machine really fast. No installation of anything but Pharo, no need for admin rights or anything. Just set up the odbc driver and off you go! Great chance to show the strength of Smalltalk and Glorp to other team members and friends...
SQLite is a similar story: copy the dlls onto the machine and the journey can start.


Joachim

Cheers

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Mariano
http://marianopeck.wordpress.com