MDB2

Hi, I must admit I am a bit disappointed with the download rates of MDB2 and the lack of feedback so I will take this opportunity to plug it a bit :-) Here are the main features that will make you drop whatever you are using now to switch to MDB2: - all simple things in MDB2 are more or less BC compatible with MDB (the LiveUser containers are more or less just s/MDB/MDB2) - alot of the complications and confusions of MDB are solved in MDB2 (like LOB support, tons of rather redundant methods) - MDB2 is faster - MDB2 is even more similar from the API to DB than MDB was (for example MDB2 also has result objects) - support for unbuffered queries - support to better expose native RDBMS specific functionality like the frequently requested getInsertID() - support for php5 Iterators - support for the auto* methods from DB (through an on demand module) - fully working SQLite driver - MDB2 is actually already very stable and atleast the MySQL driver is already in production for me (the main reason its only alpha at this point is that I am still waiting if there is a need for other features - the code itself has been under development for 9 months now) I would also like to take the opportunity to refude some common myths on MDB[2] in general: - MDB[2] is not slower than DB (the same feature set is more or less as fast - something are actually faster!) - MDB[2] does not parse the xml schema at runtime (this would be performance suicide) - MDB[2]'s advanced features are optional and you can pick and choose which features to use (some might require others though) Anyways if you are not yet installing then I would like to hear why so that I can come up with a solution. For those of you who are downloading now you should be able to get a good overview of how to use MDB2 by looking at the following example: http://cvs.php.net/co.php/pear/MDB2/docs/examples/example.php Also take a look at the test suite included in the package. Finally I am keeping the package.xml uptodate througout the entire development process so you can always grab the latest version from the CVS and package it up easily. regards, Lukas Smith smith@backendmedia.com _______________________________ BackendMedia www.backendmedia.com berlin@backendmedia.com Linn Zwoch Smith GbR Pariser Str. 44 D-10707 Berlin Tel +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax +49 30 83 22 50 07