[ANNOUNCEMENT] DB_DataObject-1.8.6 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package DB_DataObject-1.8.6 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- Minor Bugfix and Minor Feature addition release Bug Fixes: #11483 - show an error if pcre limits are not correctly set and generator tries to generate empty files #11528 - sending like queries to escape does not escape % and _ - added additional parameter to escape : [bool $likeEscape] is optional and can be used to force escaping of these characters #10573 - fix permissions on generated files #10573 - write Generated files to temp directory, then rename into place. - fixing locking issues #10531 - correct fix for bug #9628 (support MDB2 for defaults()) #10454 - mssql uses wrong variable name for options. #10175 - MDB2 does not return length value #9573 - enable disable_null_strings to turn of "null"-> NULL replacements #9625 - MDB2 support for MSSQL sequencies #9644 - incorrect constant in foriegn key generation. #9628 - support MDB2 for defaults() #9839 - Invalid column names can not be supported, so warning is generated #9834 - SQL2003 standards on Joins - adds brackets around ON() #4266 - minor fix to appendJoin code #9755 - generator showed php error if connection failed #9730 - quote identifiers on composite joins * feature request #4266 - joins with multiple keys #2216 - JOIN ON conversion of Where condition into ON arguments - patch by David Sanders #---- add in docbook hooks to generator - as requested/coded by Vyacheslav Iutin 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. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject/download/1.8.6 Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject-1.8.6.tgz Authors ------- Alan Knowles <alan@akbkhome.com> (lead)