Ingres DBA Tools FAQ

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Ingres DBA Tools FAQ

What is happening with these tools?

Since the Ingres Development Summit in late April, there has been a concerted effort on several fronts:

• Fixing bugs in existing tools in preparation for the next major release of Ingres.
• Understanding the internals of the current tool set.
• Identifying the "first-cut" tool set that needs to be implemented.
• Working on the detailed Tools API.
• Studying Java and Web application security to fill in some missing pieces in the whole scenario.

There should be a document available soon describing the Tools API, for comment.

When can we expect to see some real deliverables?

Good question. Once the API document has been reviewed and approved then implementation can begin. This will take some months to complete (including test suites). Work on the UI design of the new tools will occur in parallel with that. Once the UI designs and API implementation are complete, then and only then can actual coding begin in earnest. (This doesn't mean that there won't be any coding before that, especially for proof-of-concept in certain areas.) Any time estimates for this coding effort would be pure speculation at this point. But, as hard as it is to say, it will be some time before we can see this first deliverables.

But, one of the overall design goals is simplicity of implementation, so it may be rather sooner than it might be. ;)

Stay tuned to this page as things progress. (You can put a "Watch" on this page to be informed of changes.)

What can I see so far?

The project description at Cross Platform Tool Set is where you can take a look into the future.