[Cdash] database support in cdash

[Julien Jomier]

Markus Grabner wrote:
>> PDO support is not in progress but we can make it a priority if you need
>> it quickly. It will probably have to wait the 1.2 release though.
> It would make it indeed a lot easier to employ cdash since we already have a 
> PostgreSQL server up and running at our site, but no MySQL server, and it 
> would give more "peace of mind" with respect to future database migrations.
> 

Great. We have some PostgreSQL servers here as well so we should be able 
to test it correctly.

>> I think it would be faster to change the queries manually.
> Seems to be a tough job, there are 2388 lines containing "mysql_" in the 
> current revision 856, that's why I thought some (semi-)automatic process 
> would be useful here...

I'm not saying it's an easy job :) but the return function from 
mysql_query() is different with PDO, so we have to change everything 
accordingly, that's why I would expect a semi-automatic process might be 
difficult.

>> I'm going to 
>> give it a try when I get a chance. If it works well, it might be
>> available soon.
> Ok, please let me know when you proceed with that. I'm also willing to help if 
> I can. So far, however, I only used the mysql_ functions and the Pear DB 
> classes, but PDO should not be too different I guess.

The plan is to tag and release CDash 1.0 early next week. Then it will 
be my first priority.

Julien