RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Unified DB Query function

Manual, Certainly - please help us pinpoint any issues. Dan Kalowsky has done some great work in resolving lingering ODBC issues in PHP, and I help in my way with testing and iODBC support. I respect the work you have done with Metabase, but it's a fallacy to suggest that ODBC is "weak" - some ODBC drivers are indeed week, but a proper driver provides more complete functionality than even native drivers, and is often faster. Best regards, Andrew Hill Director of Technology Evangelism OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com Universal Data Access & Virtuoso Universal Server -----Original Message----- From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:mlemos@acm.org] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:39 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Unified DB Query function Hello, On 07/25/2002 02:34 PM, Andrew Hill wrote: > Pierre, > > Why not use ODBC functions everywhere? I already told you before. ODBC is very weak API for real database abstraction. To make it worse, PHP ODBC API is buggy and not as complete as it could be. As the maintainer of PHP ODBC support, if you are willing to do anything about it, I can help you to pin point the problems that need to be addressed. Otherwise it is quite pointless to even consider using ODBC in PHP unless it is your really alternative. Regards, Manuel Lemos > > Best regards, > Andrew Hill > Director of Technology Evangelism > OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com > Universal Data Access & Virtuoso Universal Server > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre-Alain Joye [mailto:paj@pearfr.org] > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:01 PM > To: mlemos@acm.org > Cc: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Unified DB Query function > > On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 14:55:01 -0300 > Manuel Lemos <mlemos@acm.org> wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>On 07/01/2002 06:46 AM, Casey Allen Shobe wrote: >> >>>I'm trying to write a unified database query function for an >> > application I > >>>have which currently accesses data from both DB2 and Microsoft SQL >> > from a > >>>Linux server. I'm using ODBC functions for DB2, and Sybase >> > functions for > >>>Microsoft SQL. >> >>Why do you re-invent the wheeel and don't you use a database > > abstraction > >>package that handles the database differences of you, like for > > instance > >>Metabase: >> >>http://www.phpclasses.org/metabase > > Just because diversity rules in our world :). > > btw, do you have samples codes using the xxxxxDefinition methods in > metabase ? > > > pa > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php