Re: Re: Cross DB application

Thanks Richard, ADOdb is also dual licensed under a more open license - BSD too. You might also find interesting this article: http://php.weblogs.com/portable_sql Regards, John Lim "Richard Ellerbrock" <richarde@eskom.co.za> wrote in message news:200204161442.g3GEgPc27046@maggie.eskom.co.za... > On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:48:34 +0200, James Cox wrote: > > >> Hello ! > >> I'm planning to write a database application for MySQL, and then port > >> it > > to > >> PostrgeSQL. > >> Is there any library or class that could help me to write/maintain just > > one > >> source code for both MySQL and PostgreSQL ? > > > > I think your best (if not the only) option in PHP is Metabase. > > > > http://www.phpclasses.org/metabase > > > > <snip spam> > > > > you could also use PEAR (http://pear.php.net/) which has a more than > > adequate abstraction layer for various databases. > > Another alternative (that does not require you to login before you can > download) and that promises all the functionality that Metabase does and > more is AdoDB (http://php.weblogs.com). It is also released under the LGPL which > allows you to use it in commercial applications.