Re: ob-sql dbconnection engine

[Andreas Gerler <baron@bundesbrandschatzamt.de>]

Hi Ihor,

I use only MySQL, PostgreSQL and Vertica.
However for me sql-product postgres in my sql-connection-alist works both in ob-sql as well as SQLi.
In the end you are still able to overwrite in your src block parameters via :engine

Andy

> On Feb 5, 2023, at 11:58 AM, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:
> 
> Andreas Gerler <baron@bundesbrandschatzamt.de> writes:
> 
>> without the patch your org source block has to look like:
>> 
>> #+begin_src sql :engine mysql :dbconnection mysqldb1
>>  SELECT * FROM nodes;
>> #+end_src
>> 
>> with that patch you can just type
>> 
>> #+begin_src sql :dbconnection mysqldb1
>>  SELECT * FROM nodes;
>> #+end_src
>> 
>> because your engine is mapped to sql-product in your sql-connection-alist:
>> 
>> (setq sql-connection-alist
>>      '((mysqldb1 (sql-product 'mysql)
>>                (sql-server "10.10.42.1")
>>                (sql-user "dbadmin")
>>                (sql-password "foo")
>>                (sql-database "testdb"))))
> 
> Thanks for the explanation!
> This logic assumes that engine names in ob-sql are the same with
> products in `sql-product-alist'. Which is not true. For example, ob-sql
> has postgresql while `sql-product-alist' has postgres.
> 
> Further, some engines are in ob-sql but not in sql.el and vice versa.
> 
> In order to provide auto-detection of sql engine we should first
> synchronize the engine names.
> 
> -- 
> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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