Re: minutes of ESC call ..., compiling HSQLDB to executable

On 2012-06-14 17:13, Michael Meeks wrote:
> * SQLite vs. HSQLDB for base (Lionel)
>         + SQLite very sloppy typing can cause serious problems cf.
>           https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38811
>                 + no date/time datatype.
>                 =>  perhaps not a good idea to switch to sqlite
>                    longer term
>                 + without tons of special casing, get lots of
>                   nasty bugs outside string, float
>         + a new candidate with sane licensing, sane language,
>           and code size required - thinking ongoing.
>         + our best shot might be firebird
>                 + MPL license variant
>                 + feature set looks good

Given that the primary problem with HSQLDB is that we need a java-vm 
installed to make it work, has anyone considered using
http://vmkit.llvm.org/
to compile HSQLDB into an exe, and then running it as a separate process 
which LO can talk to over a local socket?

I have some experience with this kind of thing (compiling Java to EXE) 
and IMNSHO, it's very do-able.

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