Bill Bailey wrote: > > Hi, > > I noticed on the list of features an item indicating that data > interoperability plug-ins are available to allow the use of an RDBMS > as a data source, but I?m having trouble locating the specifics (e.g. > which databases, what sort of integration, etc.) in the documentation. > Anyone have any pointers on where I can find more information on this? > http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/FAQ#Can_I_replace_Sleepycat_with_Oracle.2C_or_Postgres.2C_etc..3F There are no plug-ins available. The plug-in architecture will allow this, but someone must write some C code in order to be able to do this. > > In particular, I?m struggling with whether to use a directory server > for user management or a database. If I store users in my LDAP > directory (e.g. username, password, name, address, phone, etc.), there > is still user data that I need to store in a database (e.g. > transaction data or other frequently modified data) ? and I need to be > able to correlate the two. For example, for reporting I may need to > display both the basic user info and demographic information that is > so well suited for a directory alongside data that comes from a > database. This seems to me problematic since the data models and query > languages are different. And even if I could make the LDAP data look > like something I could query with SQL ? and join with real RDBMS > tables ? it would seem likely that performance might be less than great. > > My thinking is that if I could get the LDAP server to use e.g. MySQL > under the covers for storage, but I could still get access (read-only) > to the underlying tables, I might be able to have the best of both > worlds (assuming the underlying table structure was amenable to being > joined to my tables without to many contortions). I?m guessing my > dilemma isn?t new ? has anyone else struggled with this and, if so, > how did you resolve it? And have been satisfied with the solution you > selected? > > > Thanks for any input or comments. > > Bill Bailey > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3245 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20070313/c392517c/attachment.bin
