[Typo3-dev] DBAL - how to do it?

Michael Zedeler michael at zedeler.dk
Mon Feb 16 21:35:26 CET 2004


Hi Karsten,

Karsten Dambekalns wrote:
> And on top of the whole DBAL discussion: It *is* nice to be
> able to run it on different databases, but if you decide to rely on
> *one* product, you can just go ahead an use special features offered
> by that product. This can make a big difference...

MySQL does have some special functions that one could consider using.

> On the other hand, if you have a DBAL but don't make use of any nice
> features PostgreSQL or Oracle have to offer, what do you gain? Not
> much, aside from a nice buzzword to print on the box (if you print
> one).

Well - being able to run on other databases isn't that bad. In some 
coorporations, this is a dealmaker.
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