Robert,
Whichever you choose, using ODBC will further insulate you from the 'pain'
of adopting other databases. Also, ODBC by itself will give you a great
deal of db abstraction.
There are HOWTO's on setting up PHP with the iODBC Driver Manager (needed to
use ODBC drivers) at www.iodbc.org
Best regards,
Andrew Hill
Director of Technology Evangelism
OpenLink Software http://www.openlinksw.com
Universal Data Access & Data Integration Technology Providers
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Mena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 11:47 PM
> To: php mailing list
> Subject: [PHP] Which DB abstraction ?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am in a middle of the process of chosing which DB
> will be used for future projects. I've been using
> Mysql for almost 5 years (coupled with php of course)
> but it seems to have reached it's limits (actually the
> lack of some features).
>
> The other options include some traditional comercial
> dbs and postgresql. I am about to choose postgresql
> because it seems to support the features I need
> (foreign key, transaction, triggers, stored
> procedures) and is open source with active
> development.
>
> Even tough I'd like to receive (perhaps in private)
> personal thought about this decision I would not like
> to start a war...so my focus here is : which db
> abstraction layer is ready for use ? disavantages ?
>
> I am considering : Manuel Lemos' Metabase, Phplib and
> Pear.
>
> So far I've played a little bit with pear, and read
> about metabase and phplib with no real experience in
> both.
>
> The ideia is to start using it right away so the
> adption of other DB would be painless (almost).
>
> Thanks,
> RT
>
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