[TYPO3-core] RFC: #14628: Open t3lib_db for own instance

[Steffen Ritter]

Am 06.06.2010 12:15, schrieb Jigal van Hemert:
> Steffen Kamper wrote:
>> Jigal van Hemert schrieb:
>>> Steffen Kamper wrote:
>>>> This allows to make own instances in extension when connection to
>>>> another DB is needed, so you can use the API as usual, and also DBAL
>>>> support.
>>>
>>> But DBAL can be used to connect to another DB (also another MySQL db)?
>> this is true but isn't point of this RFC.
>
> You probably guessed the next question, but I'm going to ask it anyway
> in order to get an answer ;-) :
>
> Then what is the point of this RFC?
>
>>> Can you give us a use case and an example for how to use this
>>> alternative method?
>> i showed in the RFC how this will be done:
>>
>> $this->db = t3lib_div::makeInstance('t3lib_DB');
>> $this->db->connectDB($host, $user, $password, $dbName);
>
> And what about a use case? In which circumstances did you need a second
> db object where the DBAL solution for a different handler for certain
> tables wasn't sufficient?
>
to me this is useful...
you would not need dbal an overhead and  - theere until now existent 
imcompatabilities - just to list data from an different db in a fe-plugin.