RE: [PHP4BETA] Easier Porting To Different Databases

Hello Mark, On 02-Mar-00 22:47:07, you wrote: >Thanks Manuel, >To explain a little more where I was coming from : >I am comparing php4 to mod_perl for use in building commercial web >applications. I like php4 better ( easy to use , simple to create sessions, >v.good http support ) but there is one area where mod_perl is way superior ( >common database calls using native connections with no apparent performance >penalty ). >I thought that to add this to php4 would turn a great tool into an unbeatable >one ! You are absolutely right! :-) >I am aware that I can use php4 to write wrapper functions to achieve what I >want, but I believe that to achieve good performance these need to be at the >php4 source level - rather than built using php4 itself.... >I will have a look at metabase to see if it does what I want ( would be great >if it does ) Great. I'm sure you will be glad to realized that Metabase goes further beyhond Perl's DBI-DBD in terms of DBMS independent database access and independence by provide unparallel levels of database maintainability while assuring that your database applications will work with many capable DBMS without a change. Regards, Manuel Lemos Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org -- E-mail: mlemos@acm.org URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp --