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Jochem Maas wrote:

> BTW - PDO is not meant to be a replacement for ADOdb but a replacement
> for the functionality on which ADOdb is built, i.e. std mechanisms for
> DB access not abstraction of DB functionality.

It just takes a different approach to 'abstraction' of some of the
functionality - and produces results that are not totally compatible
even with it's own drivers - as I understand some of the 'comments'

>>sell it :)
>>If there is to be an active PDO port for Firebird we need someone to
>>take over managing it!
>
> 'we' don't _need_ PDO_Firebird. but in the not so distant future it

may make

> a great addition to the functionality available to us fbird/php-ers

I think THAT is the problem. *WE* don't need it, but people will need
it if they are going to be convinced to switch to Firebird. So we do
need to try and get it at least working!

> don't forget that the firebird/ibase extension is of itself one of the
> best in php land (IMHO) - hey how (free) DBMS' allow you to perform
> a single transaction accross multiple DBs from with php?

Not the only example, but certainly why I'm probably with Ard - and
not bothering with PDO.

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