Re: DBA - closing in on an initial release (fwd)

Copied to DBA. If you "cvs rm" DB_DBA now, you'll have cvs history preserved for both. - Stig On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 17:09, Brent Cook wrote: > That's what we ended up releasing it as; DBA. I had placed it in CVS as > DB_DBA because we thought it belonged in the database category, though it > has little to do with the DB package. If you could move it to DBA and keep > the CVS history, that would be great! I've moved myself once, and it was > such a tragic experience... > > - Brent > > On 9 Jul 2002, Stig S. Bakken wrote: > > > The package name should be DBA, not DB_DBA. The package name should > > correspond to the "main class" if there is one. Your main class is > > called DBA, so your package should be called DBA too. I can fix the > > move on cvs.php.net for you so you don't lose cvs history, if you like. > > > > - Stig > > > > On Sun, 2002-07-07 at 06:19, Brent Cook wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > The DBA class and friends located in DB_DBA are almost ready for an > > > initial release. The classes are working well for me, and though they > > > could always use some more documentation, I feel that there is enough > > > included to start using the classes. > > > > > > What is there is a wrapper class for the dba functions built into PHP, a > > > replacement class (DBA_Simple) that implements a DB-style database in PHP, > > > a compatibility class that exports the dba functions on installations that > > > do not have DBA compiled in (does dba compile into windows?). > > > > > > Additionally, a table class and a database manager class provide advanced > > > functionality like selects, sorts, joins, projects, automatic table > > > locking and more. > > > > > > The benefit of these classes over flat files or straight-up dba > > > functions is a richer query system, more uniform access and DBA_Simple > > > appears to be higher performance than flat files (it uses a linear index > > > to access a data file, though the data file can be read without it). Cons > > > are extra complexity (though not much more) and potential impedence > > > mismatches moving between servers (i.e. different dba drivers might be > > > available for use), though this can be prevented by using the simple > > > driver. > > > > > > The benefit of these classes over a full-blown DBMS is that it runs > > > completely within a webserver with no extra software to run, and it is > > > especially useful when no DBMS is available for use, or you want to use a > > > cheap hosting service but still have database access. Cons are that it > > > does not support SQL, but rather simple database operations are > > > implemented as individual functions and nested to form a query. If you > > > know database basics, it should not be hard forming queries. > > > > > > May I ask for a little peer review and package-releasing magic on the pear > > > website? Thanks. I hope that someone finds this useful besides me. > > > > > > - Brent > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > > Stig Sæther Bakken, Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway > > http://pear.php.net/wishlist.php/ssb > > > > > > -- > > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Stig Sæther Bakken, Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway http://pear.php.net/wishlist.php/ssb