Re: [PHP-DEV] A standard DB function group would be nice. From: Manuel Lemos (mlemos <email protected>)
Date: 04/18/99

Hello John,

On 08-Apr-99 20:00:47, you wrote:

>I don't mean to sound gripy, but I run 3 DB engines here (mysql,
>postgresql, and Oracle 8), and it would be nice if PHP did not have a
>separate set of functions to access each one, because I've got to
>rewrite tons of code to make a program work on each different database.
>If PHP had something like Perl's DBI library, it would eliminate a lot
>of the work!

I have implemented what you are looking for. As a matter of fact, not only
I developed a RDBMS independent database interface that lets you develop
highly portable applications, I also developed a XML based format to let
you define your database schemas also in RDBMS independant manner.

I developed a package that parses the XML based database schemas and
creates the database. On a second run it compares a new database schema
definition with the previously defined schema. The database schema is
changed according to the alterations that were detected. The changes in
the schema are applied while keeping any existing data in the database.

I have more plans for this and I will make it freely available some time
soon. Stay tuned.

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

E-mail: mlemos <email protected>
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