--- In firebird-php@yahoogroups.com, Jochem Maas <jochem@...> wrote:

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> nn33dl3 wrote:
> > Hi,
> > What would be the best DB abstraction to use with Firebird, firebird
> > PDO, ADOdb or another if there is one?
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> using PDO would be equivalent to taking firebird and cutoff its

arms, legs

> and reproductive organs off. (on top of the fact that half of

firebirds features

> are not available via PDO, there is the issue of parameter binding

in queries and

> resultsets: the firebird extension does that out of the box (the

functionality is

> merely exposed by the extension), without requiring you to writing

tons of lines of

> repetitive code - where as PDO has php level parameter binding

functionality

> (so the underlying DB receives interpolated SQL - i.w. no more SQL

injection protection

> from the DB engine itself) which requires every freaking bound

parameter to

> be explicitly defined)
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> ADOdb is good by all accounts here - |I have no personal exprience.
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> personally I roll my own DB wrapper classes (I don't call it abstraction
> because I have never intended on making my DB classes interchangeable)
> - why would I want an abstracted firebird connection?? it just means

I can't make

> use of any of firebird's professional features - If I wanted MySQL

I'd use it.

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> now if someone would come up witha DB abstraction class that only

covered

> DBMS' that support a decent feature set (e.g. Oracle, Postgres,

Firebird)

> then maybe it would be worth it.
>
> > I was thinking of using PDO but there is only the beta version

available.

> > What are you using?
> > Regards
> > Rob
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So if I want to get the most out of Firebird I would be better of
using Firebirds own PHP Functions instead of using ADOdb, PDO or whatever?