Re: Opinions Requested - PG API or Abstraction Layer

might as well throw mdb into the mix, too...

http://pear.php.net/package-info.php?package=MDB


--- operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote:

> now that i've gotten all the problems setting up my
> development box out of the way, i need to focus in
> on
> actually programming my applications.
>
> i'm using php/apache/pgsql.  the way i see it, i
> have
> three choices.
>
> 1. pg api - all my books cover this approach and it
> is
> kinda cool. ;-)  downside is it locks you into pgsql
> (not to big a deal) and you have to code like a
> monster to get all your classes and functions
> together.
>
> 2. pear - has some neat functions and classes pre
> made
> - plug and play, as it were.  however, i'd still
> have
> a lot to learn using this style of programming b/c
> i've never used before.  i feel mor comfortable with
> pg's api right now.
>
> 3. adodb - this just started sounding compelling
> about
> 30 minutes ago.  seems to be faster and more
> portable
> than pear.  seems to have some nice functionality,
> too.  not sure if it has the same level of
> class/function support - need to read up on this.
>
> as a rookie, i appreciate the wisdon gained over
> windows broken on second floors as monitors get
> tossed
> out of them... ;-)
>
> if you have something to say that you think is of
> value, please chime in.
>
> tia...
>
>
>
>
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