SV: [PHP4BETA] Easier Porting To Different Databases

In my experience ODBC is *a lot* slower than direct interfaces. If Perl DBI can do without ODBC, I really hope PHP can too. For instance, see the benchmarks at http://www.mysql.com/benchmark.html /Johan Ekenberg > How about ODBC :) > That is sorta what it's for.... :) > > Andrew > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrei Zmievski [mailto:andrei@ispi.net] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 5:15 PM > To: Mark Kirkwood > Cc: php4beta@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] Easier Porting To Different Databases > > > On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > > I am curious to know if there are plans to "regularise" > database calls in > PHP so that it > > is simpler to port a PHP application from one database to another. > > > > For instance Mysql and Postgresql have very similar PHP calls, > but Oracle > is completely > > different. > > > > I guess I am thinking of Perl DBI where you can always do > "$handle->fetchrow_array()" > > no matter what the database actually is. > > Yes, there is an effort underway as a package in PEAR. > > -Andrei > * It said 'Winmodem' on the box, but I still feel like I lost. * > > -- > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net >