[fpc-pascal] Documentation for sqldb - More Questions

[John]

Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> I'd rather see that the whole is coordinated a bit. I don't think all this
> duplication is a good idea; One solid set of components makes much more
> sense: the number of developers available for it's maintenance would double. 
> The end user would also benefit, as we can give 1 solid set of components,
> no doubts possible.
>
> There are not so many people available who understand the inner workings
> of TDataset and friends, so all this scattering and dividing is
> counterproductive.
>
> It would be much better if you, me, Joost and Bram (who work on SQLDB) 
> had a single set of components to work with: speed would not be an issue
> then, and we could guarantee a working and reliable set of components for
> everyone.
>
>   
As a relatively new user, I absolutely agree.  There is a wealth of 
components already, and trying to work out which to use where is already 
quite daunting, especially when there is little/no documentation to 
guide you!  And I am new only to FPC/Lazurus - I have been programming 
Pascal since Turbo Pascal 3, and did some reasonably serious database 
applications using Delphi 4 C/S into Oracle "on the side" during a stint 
as an Oracle DBA.


John Sunderland