Re: Re: PEAR::DB is great but is sooooo SLOW !
| From: | Curt Zirzow | Date: | Sun, 16 May 2004 15:18:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: PEAR::DB is great but is sooooo SLOW ! | ||
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* Thus wrote Tim Van Wassenhove (euki@pi.be):
> In article <20040516081102.85730.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, Greg wrote:
>
> > Am I the only one annoying by this loss of performance ?
> > Because this is a huge loss in that case !
>
> I understand there might be a significant difference in performance, and
> i understand nobody likes that.
>
> But imho the real questions are these:
> - What are the advantages of a Database Abstraction API?
> - What are the disadvantages of a Database Abstraction API?
> - Can we live with the lesser performance if we know we'll safe a lot of time
> when we switch to another DBMS product?
> - How likely is it that we are going to switch to another DBMS?
And one that many people over look...
How portable are your SQL statments?
Curt
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"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."