[DB-SIG] API 3.0 limiting paramstyle to ['named', 'qmark'] is okay. ('format' is not desirable)

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 17.05.2013 17:01, Vernon D. Cole wrote:
> Good point, the others would be optional.
> 
> How should the switching be done?  My present development head has four
> methods:
> 
> 1) adodbapi.apibase.paramstyle = 'named'
> I think this one should be deprecated.  Stepping on a module quasi-constant
> is never a good idea.

Not a good idea, agreed.

It's very difficult for a database module to detect changes like these
to e.g. detect wrong parameter values.

Example:
module.paramstyle = 'oracle'

would likely not generate an exception, but a subsequent query then
would and you'd have to search your application code for the
assignment line, provided the database module tells you what to
look for :-)

> 2) adodbapi.connect(connection_string, paramstyle='named')
> I just added this one, so a django adapter can hand me a bucketfull of
> keyword arguments.  I think I like this the best in terms of ease-of-use.

Interesting idea.

> 3) conn = adodbapi.connect(connection_string)
>    conn.paramstyle = 'named'
> This is the most obvious, and provides lots of power.  The programmer could
> use 'qmark' to load big INSERT statements, then switch to 'named' for
> detailed SELECT or UPDATE.  The default value is determined by the module
> author.
>
> 4) cursor.paramstyle = 'named'
> I have this implemented, but the more I think about it, the more it seems
> unnecessary.

Those two are the most natural in terms of how the rest of the
DB-API works, so +1 on those. I think we already agreed on this
approach being added as optional extension to DB-API 2.0, but
could be wrong.

> What other options should be considered?

I think those are sufficient to configure your application
to whatever param style you need/like best.

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