Dave,
The ODBC functions in PHP mostly address this. A good ODBC driver will also
translate full SQL92 functionality into the underlying dialect that the
database supports.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Andrew
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Andrew Hill - OpenLink Software
Director Technology Evangelism
eBusiness Infrastructure Technology
http://www.openlinksw.com
On 2/16/01 11:54 PM, "Dave Haggerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I haven't seen this issue discussed, sorry if I missed it:
>
> My question is why are the PHP database functions so unportable? Is there a
> reason why they have to be specific to, say MySQL. It seems to me (even
> though I am an amatuer to this stuff) that the code should be much more
> easily portable from one db to another?
>
> Do most coders add an abstraction layer themselves? Or maybe people just
> don't port PHP code much and so don't worry about it?
>
> Mainly curious....
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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