[fdo-dev] GetProviderDatastoreType()

[Traian Stanev]

Same question applies to the OGR provider.
In theory one could wait until the connection is open and figure out what the underlying data source is, but I didn't do that (so far). I just made it return Unknown.
The downside (and I'm relating something that was explained to me when I asked the same question) is that a MapGuide feature source is not portable when you return Unknown -- meaning that if the connection is to a file, the client logic would know to copy the file also when moving a feature source around. With Unknown, it can't know that so copying a feature source would require manual work by the user. 
 
Traian

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Frank Warmerdam (External) 
	Sent: Thu 10/26/2006 9:53 PM 
	To: FDO Developers 
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	Subject: [fdo-dev] GetProviderDatastoreType()
	
	

	Folks,
	
	I see there is a new manditory method for connection info classes called
	GetProviderDatastoreType() that can return one of:
	
	FdoProviderDatastoreType_Unknown, FdoProviderDatastoreType_File,
	FdoProviderDatastoreType_DatabaseServer, FdoProviderDatastoreType_WebServer
	
	It seems someone modified fdogdal to return FdoProviderDatastoreType_File,
	which is usually true.  But in some cases it is a web server, or another
	sort of virtual network service (ie. OGDI gltp).  And GDAL does not know
	which of these applies even for an active connection.
	
	Is the return result of this method important?  Is there any reason I
	shouldn't just return _Unknown since I don't really know?
	
	Best regards,
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