RE: [PEAR-DEV] Re: My contribute do DB/common.php - getMany()

Well I am not doubting that your method has its uses. I am just saying that there is a steadily growing number of methods that don't really add any functionality to PEAR DB/MDB. So it would make sense to maybe have a set of functions (yeah functions!!! Since it does not always have to be an object) that do all the methods calling. Anyways I am not talking about your contribution specifically but more in general. Best regards, Lukas > -----Original Message----- > From: Johann [mailto:programisci_listy@murator.com.pl] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 3:55 PM > To: Lukas Smith > Cc: pear-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: [PEAR-DEV] Re: My contribute do DB/common.php - getMany() > > On 10 lipca 2002 at 14:59:33 > Lukas Smith <smith@dybnet.de> > wrote: > > > Well this is yet another "high level" method that does not add any > > functionality but safes a bit of work for a programmer. > > Paging results is a very common task for web programmers. I am using > getAll(), getOne() very often to became my code shorter and simpler. > > Many programmers need paging capabilities and there was no easy > high-level solution for PHP. When I looked at excelent abstract of > Python API I found it has very simple solution. It has cursor with > methods fetchOne(), fetchAll() and fetchMany(). PHP has similar > getOne(), getAll(), but no getMany(). So it seems logical to add it. > > > I did some fairly crude testing and it seems like these types of methods > > don't really add much overhead. They do however make the API larger and > > mean that more code needs to be maintained (although these type of > > methods don't need all that much more since they are the same for all > > RDBMS). > > If we do not want to increase code, older getAll() method can be > removed with my method which is more universal. > > > The question is more if we want more of these methods to be part of PEAR > > DB/MDB or if they should be moved to a separate package. > > For backward compatibility it would be better to leave it as > they are. > > -- > Johann > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php