RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR::DB and oracle question

> From: Daniel Convissor [mailto:danielc@analysisandsolutions.com] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:38 PM > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 08:19:40PM +0100, Lukas Smith wrote: > > > > for PEAR::[M]DB you should always use lower case column names. > > The conversion therefore only needs to be done for databases that upper > case > > the columns in result sets. > > There are several different identifier naming conventions people use. > There are endless numbers of database schmas already created that don't > use lower case names. Therefore any attempt to impose a particular way to > name things is... is... oh, pick your own negative phrase. > > The option name is "portability." We should deliver that. DB has the performance/portability switch for that. MDB doesn't. In the end an abstraction layer is about trade offs. Some you are willing to take, some you decide to not care about. The good thing is that adding this feature if you want is quite trivial. However adding every conceivable option by default slows down the code. Regards, Lukas