Re: [PHP] Database Code Portability

2001-02-20 Thread Phil Lambert
Hi Dave, ODBC is probably your best bet but if your working on Unix/Linux it can be a bit of a problem as ODBC is primarily a Microsoft system. I'm working on something like this for my final year degree project. My script's are being developed using Postgres but the final version will use M

Re: [PHP] Database Code Portability

2001-02-18 Thread Manuel Lemos
Hello Dave, On 17-Feb-01 01:52:57, you 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 Different databases provide differen

Re: [PHP] Database Code Portability

2001-02-17 Thread Andrew Hill
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 --- Andrew Hill - OpenL

RE: [PHP] Database Code Portability

2001-02-17 Thread PHPBeginner.com
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RE: [PHP] Database Code Portability

2001-02-16 Thread Dallas Kropka
16, 2001 10:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Database Code Portability 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 tho

Re: [PHP] Database Code Portability

2001-02-16 Thread Michael Stearne
This topic is covered a lot. Right now there are two major DB abstraction packages, Manuel Lemos' Metabase ( http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/browse.html/package/20 ) and the one that is distrubuted with PHP located in your distributions PEAR directory. Try both, see which one works better for

[PHP] Database Code Portability

2001-02-16 Thread Dave Haggerty
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