[Zope-dev] Catching (external database connectivity) specific exceptions

[Dieter Maurer]

Chris Withers wrote at 2004-3-29 16:54 +0100:
>Clemens Robbenhaar wrote:
>>  But it is a base exception class in ZOracleDA, however. Thus the
>> product using it need to explicitely import this exception, and thus
>> explicitely depend on the used relational database; code needs to be
>> rewritten if one exchanges the external data base.
>
>So, you got sucked into the myth of SQL too? ;-)
>You'll need to rewrite at least some of your SQL if you change backends, so I 
>don't see this as a huge problem...

What an argument :-(

  As you need to change *something*, why bother with ideas to
  change as little as possible.


-- 
Dieter