That's interesting code.  I hope it reaches CPAN when the name  
settles down.  How about POE::Component::DB::MySQL?  The  
POE::Component namespace is loosely governed, so that's only a  
suggestion.

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Rocco Caputo - rcaputo@[...].com

On Nov 19, 2006, at 15:35, Tavin Cole wrote:

>  (cc'd to dbix::class list per mst's request)
> 
>  look here: http://www.triplethink.net/2006-11-19/
> 
>  MySQL::Packet - encode and decode the MySQL binary protocol
> 
>  POE::Component::DBD::MySQL - manage MySQL client connections in POE
> 
>  i just open a socket to the mysql server and speak its protocol,  
>  leaving
>  the rest to POE's IO loop.  received packets are mapped pretty much  
>  one
>  on one to POE events.
> 
>  in the future there could be more framework on top to manage  
>  connecting,
>  client pools, or ultimately some kind of DBI/DBD thing.  hence the
>  module name.
> 
>  however this has nothing to do with the real DBI/DBD so maybe the name
>  should be different.
> 
>  the code is pretty alpha.  it can only send plain SQL queries;  no
>  prepare/execute yet.  but i am using it successfully in a web service
>  i'm working on.
> 
>  i look forward to your feedback on the design and module naming.
> 
>  -tavin