Re: [PDO] [RFC] An Idea for PDO 2

Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:

Because there is no external established specification for database which would be worthwhile following. Following the SOAP spec increases the value of PHP, even if we think we could come up with a better SOAP spec. For databases there is no such thing and if something like this is written for PHP, then we would naturally expect all people to be able to participate without legal restrictions. Now to get back to my other email. If Oracle/IBM/Microsoft/Sun get together to write a database API specification for scripting languages, submit this to some standards body, get it accepted and this standard is convincing for us (by either becoming so ubiquitous that its simply makes sense for us to follow .. or just because its really good .. or both), then we might decide to follow that spec, even if its authored under a CLA.

The general intent was to build on what already existed (PDO code, PDO specification and PHP processes), and to be as light-weight as possible in the process (no legal entity, no sign-off on specifications, normal PHP decision making).

So again, get to work, show us the code and things will start moving.

We can't "show you code" with knowing the process the PHP community will accept. Chris -- Christopher Jones, Oracle Email: christopher.jones@oracle.com Tel: +1 650 506 8630 Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/ Free PHP Book: http://tinyurl.com/f8jad