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From the README: Key differences between textql and sqlite importing sqlite import will not accept stdin, breaking unix pipes. textql will happily do so. tex
by lowboy 9y ago
From the README:
Key differences between textql and sqlite importing
sqlite import will not accept stdin, breaking unix pipes. textql will happily do so.
textql supports quote escaped delimiters, sqlite does not.
textql leverages the sqlite in memory database feature as much as possible and only touches disk if asked.
- gaius 9y agoBut it is SQLite under the covers? A better title then would be an SQLite wrapper for use in shell pipelines.
- bayonetz 9y agoIn this case, It’s what it does that matters, not how it does it. I don’t care if SQLLite is powering it. Maybe the author would want to swap out the SQLLite engine with something else in the future too. Then it’s even better that they didn’t advertise the link to SQLLite as a selling point.
- h1d 9y agoIt does actually matter what's running under, so you know what to expect from its behavior and if one doesn't exactly need the few features textQL offers exclusively, you would think to just use SQLite without random layers on top.
- sockgrant 9y agoSure, but it doesn’t need to be in the title
- Too 9y agoSQL dialects have significant differences. You can't simply change the underlying engine without breaking backward compatibility. It's also good to redirect documentation to official sqllite docs instead of writing a 1000 page manual yourself.
- TAForObvReasons 9y agoThat's a silly complaint. It's a tool powered by SQLite. Under your extended definition, tools like web browsers (which use SQLite to power various things) would be SQLite wrappers.
- decebalus1 9y agoI don't see it as a complaint but as a piece of feedback and if you're the author then you may want to revisit your attitude.
- always_good 9y agoNah, people say such ridiculous garbage that they need to be called out. Especially here where people seem to take delight in disparaging your work in the tiniest way they can think of. I don't think OP needs to pussy foot around some stranger on an internet message board. It's free shit.
- gaius 9y agoIf I wrote 10 lines of JS and claimed credit for the whole web browser, more like
- mulmen 9y agoMy favorite C wrapper for scripting is Perl. The Readme is describing the differences in importing. I'm not sure how your distinction makes this any more clear.
- tejasmanohar 9y ago"SQLite in your shell" would be a catchy title :-)