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| author | kevlo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-07-08 22:58:59 +0800 |
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| committer | kevlo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-07-08 22:58:59 +0800 |
| commit | 131e6e93ada129b9b32107d93208e22644ee9b44 (patch) | |
| tree | b9f9969d8f21f5f73fba89f3dccfc3be6996b653 /databases/adodb/pkg-descr | |
| parent | cf57cf32c62e639a67dd921b98f14437c7ec9c8b (diff) | |
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- Install docs
- Better comment and description
PR: 28811
Submitted by: MAINTAINER
Diffstat (limited to 'databases/adodb/pkg-descr')
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/databases/adodb/pkg-descr b/databases/adodb/pkg-descr index daeb9473dc58..7b131812a194 100644 --- a/databases/adodb/pkg-descr +++ b/databases/adodb/pkg-descr @@ -1,21 +1,32 @@ -PHP's database access functions are not standardized. -Every database extension uses a different and incompatibile API. -This creates a need for a database class library to hide the differences -between the different databases (encapsulate the differences) so we can -easily switch databases. - ADODB stands for Active Data Objects Data Base. -ADODB currently supports: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase, Oracle, MS SQL 7, -Foxpro, Access, ADO, Sybase and generic ODBC. -The Sybase and PostgreSQL drivers are community contributions. -The developers of ABODB hope more people will contribute drivers to support -more databases. +ADODB currently supports: + MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase, Oracle, MS SQL 7 + Foxpro, Access, ADO, Sybase and generic ODBC. + +Unique Features of ADODB: + +* Easy for Windows programmers to adapt to because many of the conventions + are similar to Microsoft's ADO. + +* Unlike other PHP database classes which focus only on select statements + ADODB provides support code to handle inserts and updates which can be + adapted to multiple databases quickly. Methods are provided for date + handling, string concatenation and string quoting characters for + differing databases. -Feature requests and bug reports can be emailed to jlim@natsoft.com.my or -posted to http://php.weblogs.com/discuss/msgReader$96. +* A metatype system is built in so that types such as CHAR, TEXT and STRING + are equivalent in different databases. + +* Easy to port because all the database dependant code are stored in stub + functions. You do not need to port the core logic of the classes. + +* PHP4 session support. You can store your session information using ADODB + for true portability and scalability. See adodb-session.php for more + information. WWW: http://php.weblogs.com/ADODB --- -Andre Goeree <abgoeree@uwnet.nl> +-- Andre +abgoeree@uwnet.nl + |