[ANNOUNCEMENT] DB_DataObject-1.7.0 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package DB_DataObject-1.7.0 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- Major bug fix release, Minor features added. Bug Fixes: #1559 - __FUNCTION__ remove, so dependancy on php 4.2 may still be valid. #1595 - regex include/exclude working correctly (Thanks to Stephane Gully) #1664 - configuration line links_{databasename} now available #1726 - enable orderby and limit can be used with delete() #1697 - prevent generator from adding an extra line created after definition. #1704 - update only adds null when the column is not marked 'not null' #1778 - toArray() returns a merge of defined table and actual results #1828 - Generator will die, if tableinfo is not supported. #1833 - links() now returns an empty array (no links) or null (no links.ini) so it can be used generically with : $ar = (array) $do->links(); #1835 - getLinks, getLink etc. now use ->links(), so you can define your own links() to return table links, rather than use links.ini files. #1923 - removed all @ silencers, and replace with empty/isset. #1935 - selectAs() - removed double quoteIdentifiers #2068 - workaround for DB bug, postgres nextval() being rawurlencoded #1980 - logic error when using quoteIdentifiers Changes: * DebugLevel(1) now displays native errors from database when queries fail. * Result Field names now stored seperately from Result Object * free() method added, to clean up memory instantly, if you are doing alot of queries. = Cleans Result Fields, Result Object, NumRows returned in Connection object. * include path is used to do file hunting if factory fails to find file. * DB is lazy loaded on connection.b Package Info ------------- DataObject performs 2 tasks: 1. Builds SQL statements based on the objects vars and the builder methods. 2. acts as a datastore for a table row. The core class is designed to be extended for each of your tables so that you put the data logic inside the data classes. included is a Generator to make your configuration files and your base classes. nd Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject/download/1.7.0 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/DB_DataObject-1.7.0.tgz Authors ------------- Alan Knowles <alan@akbkhome.com> (lead)