Re: one abstraction layer (my proposal for)

Lukas > > 4.3) Secuencial & Non Secuencial Row Fetching > just a question: whats the purpose of non sequencial row fetching? > Aside from legacy support is there really a need for this? > Most people on this list said the don't use it. > This is important to figure out for what is core and what should be > loaded on demand. > one thing we are forgetting is that PHP is now more than a web app tool. You can see the possibilities by looking at PHP-GTK. im not suggesting that we be all things to all people, but that should be kept in mind. i raise this because there are already folks creating database management tools for GTK using PHP (AGATA i think is the project name) and i think they may need something like this. but in cases like these, extended functions can be made non-core. > > 4.13) Results cache > (as a side note: I would want any thing that serializes to be cluster > capable. I am also currently working on data containers where I can > throw parameters into the db to be used later. Like when I have a > preview etc. Nothing special but I need this for files and passwords > that you don't want/cant place in a hidden field) im not sure i understand this one. you mean something thats mime encoded or otherwise encodes data that may cause issues ? l0t3k