Re: Re: Common DB Abstraction Layer: Re: [PEAR-DEV] Adoption of Metabase

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Manuel Lemos wrote: > > If we fixed these problems and more, we could talk about having > > a unified API. Otherwise for the Oracle OCI_ASSOC, I would prefer > > not to change it for speed, Manuel would want to provide an emulation > > layer, i would object because it's slow, etc... > > If you want to resort to non-portable database programming, just stick > with the native database API that PHP offers and you will get all the > speed that is possible. Using a database abstraction that does not offer > portability and still adds execution overhead does not make much sense. > Your programs still need to be adapted to run with different databases > and they will still be slower than using the native PHP database APIs. > Just for the record, I agree 100% with Manuel on this one. Now for the $15,000 question: does anyone else agree with this ? If PEAR::DB is not abstracting the database what is the purpose of such a library ? Cheers, Joao -- João Prado Maia <jpm@phpbrasil.com> http://phpbrasil.com - php com um jeitinho brasileiro -- Precisando de consultoria em desenvolvimento para a Internet ? Impleo.net - http://impleo.net/?lang=br