Dave, I've already implemented the idea of a "-database" flag to the
DB API for ACS 4.2. (I called the flag "-dbn", for "database name".)
I've been using it for nearly a month now and it seems to work fine.
But, I haven't had the time yet to try implement the same for OpenACS.
(Also, although I haven't shown anybody the code, it seems that Don
may not like
it.)
Anyway, it just involves changes to three files in
packages/acs-tcl/tcl/ :
table-display-procs.tcl,
10-database-procs.tcl, and
database-util-procs.tcl
If you want to look at the code, I've slapped those files into a
folder called "DB-API - Multiple Databases" in the
Shared OpenACS Community document tree.
E.g.,
ReadMe.txt and
10-database-procs.tcl.
(Btw, I tried sticking them into
my personal file storage area,
but the new-file-storage permissions UI seems to be so broken that
there's no way for me to let anyone else see the files there.)
