Hi, On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Andy C <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm curious about this. As I understand it, Habari uses PHP Data > Objects (PDO) as an abstraction layer for 'database independence'. > > Obviously each supported DB platform needs to have hooks in the > installer process and a schema/upgrade files to be actively maintained > but shouldn't anything that uses PDO to manipulate data in the > database work for all database platforms. Isn't that the whole point ?
PDO provides a consistent interface in PHP for working with databases. It does not provide database abstraction, so differences in SQL dialect between database vendors still needs to be dealt with. Regards, Eugene Wee --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
