[Pljava-dev] Jars as blobs

[Thomas Hallgren]

Stephen Crowley wrote:

>Oh. That would explain a lot :) Where is the jar data actually stored
>when install_jar is called?
>
In the tables sqlj.jar_repository and sqlj.jar_entry

> Also, install_jar takes a file url as a
>parameter so the file still has to be on the server.
>
No, the url is not limited to file. It might just as well be an url 
starting with ftp:// or http://.

> How much work
>would it take to make install_jar accept a blob as a parameter so jars
>could be installed remotely instead of copying files back to the
>server each time?
>  
>
Not much. It would be fairly simple to implement. Please add a feature 
request on this.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren