Re: Please help: PHP4/postgres db woes

David Costa typed this on 03/09/2004 08:01 AM:
> Hello Danny,
> I can't go through your whole script but I recommend you use Pear::DB as
> an abstraction layer for the pgsql connection and interaction.
> This will give you more power with the debug and you can keep everything
> simple IMHO.
>
> More info at
> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.database.php#package.database.db
>
> It is default on PHP, so you don't even need to install anything.

I'll second this. When he can get the SQL syntax down, then he should
play with PEAR. :-)

However, I think knowing the standard pg_connect(), pg_query() commands
would be useful..then when he goes to try PEAR, he'll see how much time
and more useful it can be.

my 34 cents,

-Robby

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