[news.eclipse.dtp] Re: [ODA Ecore] Connection Profiles and Connection Pr

["John E. Conlon" <jconlon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

Opened https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=243499
to ask for addition of Connection Properties.

thanks,
John


John E. Conlon wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> Well they can stand alone but both are needed.
>
> I will open a bug for an enhancement to add Connection Properties as well.

> cheers,
> John
>
> Tim Myer wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > If they represent 2 independent features, then I would say "yes".  If 
> > Connection Profiles require Connection Properties, and if Connection 
> > Properties are only useful in conjunction with Connection Profiles, 
> > then a separate bug might be in order.  That's just my thought on the 
> > subject and I would be interested to hear others (especially as I have 
> > not used Connection Profiles and Properties before so am speaking 
> > without experience).
> > Thanks.
> > -----Tim------
> >
> > John E. Conlon wrote:
> > > Hi Tim,
> > >
> > > Shall I open a bug for the lack of Connection Properties as well?
> > >
> > > John
> > > Tim Myer wrote:
> > > > Hi John,
> > > > Thanks very much for the use case and for the steps to reproduce 
> > > > this. I will be looking into the bug you filed and will update it soon.
> > > > -----Tim-----
> > > >
> > > > John E. Conlon wrote:
> > > > > As I am just coming up to speed with BIRT, I have been going 
> > > > > through the Field Guild Book as I am working with the ODA Ecore.  
> > > > > While I have been able to generate reports with the ODA Ecore I 
> > > > > have noticed that it does not support Connection Profiles nor 
> > > > > Connection Properties.
> > > > >
> > > > > I reported the bug
> > > > > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=243099 regarding the 
> > > > > lack of support for Connection Profiles but on seeing that there 
> > > > > was no support for Connection Properties I thought it was best to 
> > > > > ask the newsgroup if this is a problem or not?
> > > > >
> > > > > Without Profiles or Properties would all my reports have to be hard 
> > > > > coded?  How would that work at deploy time?
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks for any clarification,
> > > > > John