Re: A new JDBC driver... - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

On 03/12/2013 08:04 PM, Dave Cramer wrote:
> Ya, It occurred to me as well if you are using netty it requires another jar.
>
> A bit unorthodox...

I think using 3rd party dependencies is the proper way to go forward instead of reimplementing all required
functionalitiesin every JDBC driver. 
That is not to say that the required dependencies should be kept to minimum.

Normal java applications should use pgjdbc-ng through maven dependencies (or similar).
For cases where that is not possible, such as SQL editors we should generate also provide a fat jdbc jar that has all
therequired dependencies embedded. 

-Mikko

> Dave Cramer
>
> dave.cramer(at)credativ(dot)ca
> http://www.credativ.ca
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net <mailto:spam_eater@gmx.net>> wrote:
>
>     Kevin Wooten wrote on 12.03.2013 02:19:
>
>         So… I did a crazy thing… I created an entirely new JDBC driver.
>
>         (For those who care there's an actual question at the bottom… this
>         isn't just bragging)
>
>         I'd love it if some folks in the know could take a look at my code
>         and see if it stirs up any ideas on integration or just makes you
>         want to jump off a bridge.
>
>
>     It does sound very nice, thanks very much for the effort!
>
>     I didn't look at the code, but one thing I noticed when trying the driver is that it requires a bunch of other
librarieswhich is highly unusual in the JDBC 
>     "world". Usually the JDBC driver jar is self contained.
>
>     When I tried it with my SQL tool (SQL Workbench/J) I got the following exception when connecting:
>
>
>     java.lang.NullPointerException
>        at com.impossibl.postgres.__protocol.v30.ProtocolImpl.__sendStartup(ProtocolImpl.java:__168)
>        at com.impossibl.postgres.__protocol.v30.__StartupCommandImpl.execute(__StartupCommandImpl.java:107)
>        at com.impossibl.postgres.__protocol.v30.ProtocolImpl.__execute(ProtocolImpl.java:139)
>        at com.impossibl.postgres.system.__BasicContext.start(__BasicContext.java:151)
>        at com.impossibl.postgres.system.__BasicContext.init(__BasicContext.java:110)
>        at com.impossibl.postgres.jdbc.__PSQLDriver.connect(PSQLDriver.__java:56)
>        at com.impossibl.postgres.jdbc.__PSQLDriver.connect(PSQLDriver.__java:22)
>
>     Regards
>     Thomas
>
>
>
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