[PD] MySQL Pd external?

[Christof Ressi]

> i guess the main issues with an mysql external is that it breaks all realtime constraints. 

so does [soundfiler]. for things like initializing/saving it won't matter, but you're right, constantly polling the DB in the audio thread is probably not a good idea.

> which is about one message away in pyext.

yes, but isn't this true for many things we do in Pd? :-D


> Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Januar 2018 um 09:31 Uhr
> Von: "IOhannes m zmoelnig" <zmoelnig at iem.at>
> An: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> Betreff: Re: [PD] MySQL Pd external?
>
> On 2018-01-23 01:40, Christof Ressi wrote:
> > thanks! I guess I'll directly work with the mysql library, just as you did with sqlite. the C API doesn't look so complicated, actually.
> 
> 
> i guess the main issues with an mysql external is that it breaks all
> realtime constraints.
> either you make the calls synchronous, then you probably shouldn't do
> audio in the same thread (and you could have used e.g. a standalone
> python application in the first place) or you make it asynchronous
> (happy coding), which is about one message away in pyext.
> 
> fgams
> IOhannes
> 
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