Why varying functionality across php db apis for db metadata?
| From: | Mike Klein | Date: | Wed, 17 Sep 2003 05:15:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Why varying functionality across php db apis for db metadata? | ||
| Groups: | php.db | ||
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For example, php mysql library supports list_dbs and list_tables commands as
well as getting table metadata. MySQL sql also 'natively' supports these
commands (show databases, show tables, describe <tableName>).
Why not similar commands for Oracle, SQLServer, etc.? These are simply
selects against certain system tables, no?
mike klein