RE: PL/Ruby for Informix
Carsten, As I told u in D.C, why don't you simply "wrap" the standard object & instances in the static method? (I was thinking about doing it for EGL, so that you can write EGL stored proc ;-) ). jgp > -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Carsten Haese > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 15:41 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: PL/Ruby for Informix > > On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 18:06 -0800, Gerardo Santana wrote: > > I'm planning to write PL/Ruby for Informix. > > > > I've made some research and found that I need to implement a UDRLM > > (User Defined Routine Language Manager.) > > > > There's nothing about creating a UDRLM in the manuals: > > http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v10/index.jsp > > > > Googling around I just found this: > > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6223179.html > > > > Does anybody know how can I get documentation about how to create my > > own UDRLM? > > Good luck with that. Once you find out how to do this, let me know, I'd > like to do the same for Python ;) > > And now for a slightly less AOL-me-too-type response, here is a thought: > IDS can execute Java UDRs, and Ruby has a Java implementation. I don't > actually know Ruby, so I don't know whether this would be feasible, but > it might be worth checking out. I have done experiments with making Java > UDRs in Python via Jython, and it almost works. The only problem is that > Java UDRs must be defined via static methods, Jython can currently only > provide instance methods, and Jython development appears to be stalled. > > Best regards, > > -- > Carsten Haese | Phone: (419) 861-3331 > Software Engineer | Direct Line: (419) 794-2531 > Unique Systems, Inc. | FAX: (419) 893-2840 > 1687 Woodlands Drive | Cell: (419) 343-7045 > Maumee, OH 43537 | Email: carsten@uniqsys.com > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list