RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR::DB and oracle question
| From: | Lukas Smith | Date: | Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:52:57 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR::DB and oracle question | ||
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> From: Daniel Convissor [mailto:danielc@analysisandsolutions.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:50 PM
> 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.
I agree.
However there are uses in the middle.
Regards,
Lukas