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Posted to derby-user@db.apache.org by Marc Schlegel <Ma...@gmx.de> on 2006/11/08 23:32:59 UTC

Why booleans as Strings?

Hi.

Why do I have to write the "create" and "startup" properties as a
String? It would be much more convenient with a boolean type.
Or are there any architectural issues.

Thx
-- Marc

Re: Why booleans as Strings?

Posted by Daniel John Debrunner <dj...@apache.org>.

Marc Schlegel wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Why do I have to write the "create" and "startup" properties as a
> String? It would be much more convenient with a boolean type.
> Or are there any architectural issues.

If this is for the Derby data source properties then I think it was just 
an initial mistake, but for backwards compatibility it needs to be kept.

One possible solution is for Derby to add new boolean properties such as 
createDB and shutdownDB and deprecate the old versions. Just would need 
some clear rules on how the two properties interact.

Dan.