RE: [PEAR] MDB 2.0 release and features.

> From: Fabrizio Balliano [mailto:fabrizio.balliano@crealabs.it] > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 8:14 PM > Exactly, > it would be a nice for an application developer that use MerlinWork to > have the fields automatically formatted based on their own type. > > This could be done instancing the data source from a table or a custom > query: > $dbs =& new DB_SOURCE('dbs_id'); > //custom way > $dbs->set_select_query('SELECT etc..etc..'); > //oo way > $dbs->set_table('tab_test'); > $dbs->set_fields('field1'); > $dbs->add_join('blah blah'); > etc... > > If (in normal case) we have the right type configured than we can speed > up development phase. > Obviously this feature can be overridden. Well looks alot like what we are aiming for with MDB_DataObject. Work on this project is a bit stalled ATM. Maybe you want to have a look at DB_DataObject. Also search the pear-dev archives for more information on MDB 2.0 and MDB_DataObject and DB_Schema (the new Manager class). Maybe you can help speed up the development. Regards, Lukas