Comments on: DbBlender at MySQL Conference, Santa Clara - Help Needed

By: Nathan Letwory

Nathan Letwory — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:10:00 +0000

I'll be writing out binary data (the raw data) to which BPy doesn't provide an API. Of course, I could add that to the BPy, but I'd be the only one using it. Dunno how useful that'd be. It'd be an easy way to prototyping, though. hmmm.

/Nathan

By: NielsBlender

NielsBlender — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:34:32 +0000

/Nathan,

The relation?…
Mmm, MySQL(.dll) can be spoken to from within Python already using .pyd?
This would make 'right away in C' a better choice than 'eventually in C'…

Niels

By: Nathan Letwory

Nathan Letwory — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:17:24 +0000

@NielsBlender I don't really see how this is related to DbBlender? Yes, I now prototype using the BPy API, but I will be implementing this eventually in C.

/Nathan

By: NielsBlender

NielsBlender — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:06:07 +0000

/Nathan,

I guess you are aware but 'just in case'…

From Python 2.5 on, a feature is integrated to support .dll's.

+ You need to 'convert' the .dll to .pyd, which means recompile and enclose an initfunction for Python and rename the extension to .pyd
+ The '.dll'-support isn't at level 'full-support'.
+ I am not aware of possible 'platform-problems'

Niels

ps.
I guess the real goal is doing the implementation directly in Blender (…and offer access from Python).

By: Nathan Letwory

Nathan Letwory — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:56:51 +0000

I created a page on the wiki for those interested. There I'd like to discuss and collect use cases. If you have ideas about workflow, integration, features, please, let's contemplate together :)

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/DbBlender/DbBlenderDiscussion

It's at the moment of writing still very empty, but I'll organise it today.

/Nathan

By: Dekki

Dekki — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:36:22 +0000

Great initiative Nathan.
I'm working in a opensource game dev team and one of our problems is distributing art files (.blends) between our members. Right now we are using SVN but there is always a risk that two people alter the same file and the artists have to commit and update the repository outside blender, that they sometime forget. Having everything inside blender would be awesome.

By: shul

shul — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:29:31 +0000

Hi,
way to go Nathan!

As for sqlite, don't go near it, it will not support your needs,

shul

By: Nathan Letwory

Nathan Letwory — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:41:03 +0000

Hi David,

I replied to your email. All help is appreciated! There is still room for two more, please do contact me if you want to help out.

/Nathan

By: davidh7426

davidh7426 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:33:49 +0000

If you want help testing this I'd be glad to help…

I'm running…
Vista Home Premium
MySQL 5.1
Python 2.51

and of course Blender…

…everything a growing Blenderhead needs…

…Let me know if I can be of assistance…:)

By: bob

bob — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:14:26 +0000

OK, I get the propose of this now, and SQLite wouldn't be a good choice.