Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] non-MySQL Database support in phpWebSite

[Matthew M. <ma...@tu...>]

> Does there continue to be any interest in making phpWebSite more portable in regards to databases?

Yes but in 1.x only. I once believed that the pear db class would take
care of the incompatibilities. How young and naive I was. It wasn't
Pear's fault as that is not what the class was meant to do.

Fallout (1.x) has been programmed and tested with both MySQL and
PostgresSQL.  What I have tried to do is make the installation sql as
vanilla as possible. There are developer guidelines in place to prevent
incompatibilities (table and column name character limits, no walking
case, etc.).
The database class in Fallout will also identify the DB OS and attempt
to "fix" the query before it is put into the database.

Once (if) people start using 1.x, I hope developers will identify what
other databases need to work.



-- 
Matthew McNaney
Electronic Student Services
Appalachian State University
http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu