Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PECL-DEV] Re: Announce: PDO beta releases

2005-02-09 Thread Lester Caine
Wez Furlong wrote: One of the major aims of PDO is to eventually replace the existing database extensions in PHP, not to provide total abstraction (which is a impossible goal in the opinions of many seasoned developers). Have not found a problem building cross database packages. As long as you avo

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PECL-DEV] Re: Announce: PDO beta releases

2005-02-09 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
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Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PECL-DEV] Re: Announce: PDO beta releases

2005-02-09 Thread Lukas Smith
Lester Caine wrote: Not into Oracle ;) , but it answers the main questions. PDO is not planned to be a replacement for ADOdb. No. That is something for another layer. PDO is intended to be a very light layer with minimal interference. Until all engines can use the same SQL there is little poin

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PECL-DEV] Re: Announce: PDO beta releases

2005-02-09 Thread Wez Furlong
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:16:07 +, Lester Caine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not into Oracle ;) , but it answers the main questions. PDO is not > planned to be a replacement for ADOdb. Correct. > > No. That is something for another layer. PDO is intended to be a > > very light layer with mini

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PECL-DEV] Re: Announce: PDO beta releases

2005-02-09 Thread Lester Caine
Wez Furlong wrote: Please read the various links that I posted in the announcement; they explain a number of design goals about PDO (particularly the OTN article) that will answer your questions in more detail. Not into Oracle ;) , but it answers the main questions. PDO is not planned to be a repl

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PECL-DEV] Re: Announce: PDO beta releases

2005-02-09 Thread Wez Furlong
Please read the various links that I posted in the announcement; they explain a number of design goals about PDO (particularly the OTN article) that will answer your questions in more detail. Here are some quick answers: On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:28:38 +, Lester Caine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

[PHP-DEV] Re: [PECL-DEV] Re: Announce: PDO beta releases

2005-02-09 Thread Lester Caine
Wez Furlong wrote: I'm not seeing an easy route to getting hold of a copy to play with (windows :( ) and I'm not seeing much in the function list yet. http://snaps.php.net/win32/PECL_5_0/ has binaries for all PDO packages (including MS-SQL, which doesn't show up in the PECL package list yet). Somew

[PHP-DEV] Re: [PECL-DEV] Re: Announce: PDO beta releases

2005-02-09 Thread Wez Furlong
On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:41:50 +, Lester Caine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not seeing an easy route to getting hold of a copy to play with > (windows :( ) and I'm not seeing much in the function list yet. http://snaps.php.net/win32/PECL_5_0/ has binaries for all PDO packages (including MS-S