Re: Why varying functionality across php db apis for db metadata?
| From: | pete M | Date: | Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:46:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Why varying functionality across php db apis for db metadata? | ||
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Mike Klein wrote:
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?Go and ask M$ and Oracle.. I use PEAR DB class which does some of this functionality
mike klein