Re: metabase docs and DB abstraction

Hello Dean, On 17-Mar-01 02:24:54, you wrote: >Anyone have opinions on which DB abstraction layer is best for what >situation? Is there an article somewhere that compares the various DB >abstraction layers? I guess I am too suspicious too tell, but I can tell you a few advantages or features of Metabase that other DB abstraction layers do not have or are now following the design: - Database schema definition in XML that Metabase manager installs or updates in any of the supported databases. Good for migrations just in case you need them in the future. - Large set of base datatypes that Metabase assures that will work portably across databases: integer, text, date, time, timestamp, floating point, fixed point and boolean. - Selecting just a range of rows of a SELECT query, like MySQL LIMIT, but works with ALL supported databases. - Auto-incremented integer sequences. - Transaction support for databases that can handle them. - etc... >(Cross-post:) >Anyone know where I can find documentation or samples for metabase? http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/browse.html/package/20 Look in the documentation directory of the list of files. There is a metabase.html which the whole reference manual and the tutorial.html . Regards, Manuel Lemos Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org -- E-mail: mlemos@acm.org URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp --