Re: DB portability

hi nathan, for binarycloud, (binarycloud.com), we use metabase, which is a great DB abstraction layer that supports xml schema definitions, and can talk to every major DB: MySQL Oracle Postgres MS Sql Server ... many others best, _alex -- Alex Black, Head Monkey enigma@turingstudio.com The Turing Studio, Inc. http://www.turingstudio.com vox+510.666.0074 fax+510.666.0093 Saul Zaentz Film Center 2600 Tenth St Suite 433 Berkeley, CA 94710-2522 > From: danielc@analysisandsolutions.com (Daniel Convissor) > Organization: The Analysis and Solutions Company > Newsgroups: php.general > Date: 2 Jan 2001 16:33:37 -0800 > Subject: Re: [PHP] DB portability > > Hi Nathan: > >> I am looking at undertaking a very large project that will be handled >> initially in MySQL. Down the road we may choose a corporate db such as >> Oracle. My thought was since we will have thousands of lines of code to >> migrate to the new db, I could create a global script that is required by >> each individual script. >> ... >> >> Can any of you see any repercussions of this central database alias script? > > There are powerful pluses, as you've already realized. Coding pages is far > quicker, plus the code is portable. > > The downside is minor, adding a bit of overhead, but it's worth it, in my > book. > > I have a piece of software, SQL Solution, that does this for MySQL and ODBC > databases already. Check it out at > http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/code/sql/. You can go > ahead and use it > as is (or extract the parts you like) and if the need arises to move to > another database, you can port it. > > Manuel Lemos has a good set of database classes, named Interbase, as well: > http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org > > Enjoy, > > --Dan > > -- > PHP scripts that make your job easier > http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/code/ > SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution > T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y > 4015 7 Ave, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >