2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/portato/db/eix_sql.py b/portato/db/eix_sql.py
index 3a0c6e9..c2d2292 100644
--- a/portato/db/eix_sql.py
+++ b/portato/db/eix_sql.py
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class EixSQLDatabase (SQLDatabase):
 
         return old < mtime
 
+    def generate_cat_expr (self, cat):
+        # be a noop
+        return cat
+
     @SQLDatabase.con
     def populate (self, category = None, connection = None):
         inst = set(system.find_packages(pkgSet = system.SET_INSTALLED, key = category, with_version = False))
diff --git a/portato/db/sql.py b/portato/db/sql.py
index e79a27d..fbc01e6 100644
--- a/portato/db/sql.py
+++ b/portato/db/sql.py
@@ -213,12 +213,26 @@ class SQLDatabase (Database):
         for cat in l:
             yield cat["cat"]
 
+    def generate_cat_expr (self, cat):
+        """
+        Generates an expression from a category name to match all packages of the category.
+
+        E.g. as SQLDatabase uses regexps internally, return cat/*
+
+        @param cat: the category
+        @type cat: string
+
+        @returns: expression
+        """
+
+        return cat+"/*"
+
     @con
     def reload (self, cat = None, connection = None):
         if cat:
             connection.execute("DELETE FROM packages WHERE cat = ?", (cat,))
             connection.commit()
-            self.populate(cat+"/*", connection = connection)
+            self.populate(self.generate_cat_expr(cat), connection = connection)
         else:
             connection.execute("DELETE FROM packages")
             connection.commit()