Re: PEAR::DB and oracle question

Hi Folks: On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 08:41:17PM +0100, Lukas Smith wrote: > > DB has the performance/portability switch for that. But only for some database types. > 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. To me, database abstraction is about being able to use the same PHP code regardless of what database is on the backend. People who want fast and/or don't care about portablity opt to write their own code. --Dan -- FREE scripts that make web and database programming easier http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/software/ 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 7th Ave #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409