[TYPO3] Is it safe to use DBAL?

[Michael Scharkow]

Martin Kindler wrote:

> So, the question is: would you advise to build on DBAL or better use a
> home-grown simple MySQL-only approach?

I don't understand the question. You can and should always use the 
database abstraction TYPO3 has built-in, aka $TYPO3-DB->foo() for your 
purposes. It's then completely up to the site admin what db to use for 
the site or particular tables. As an extension author, you should just 
write portable code, and as a site admin, you should use DBAL if you 
need anything else than plain MySQL.

I wonder why you need DBAL at all: You worry about performance and use 
only MySQL. So you either don't need DBAL or you could use the DBAL 
native driver and switch to another db any time later.

Greetings,
Michael