Re: Object/relational mappers for PHP?

["Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>]

Mitch Pirtle wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> We finally have the underpinnings for database drivers in Joomla 1.5,
> and now are tackling the thorny issue of all those MySQL-specific SQL
> statements littering the core.

This might help:


http://wiki.cc/php/Object_Relational_Mapping


Joshua D. Drake

> One solution of course is to use Christopher Kings-Lynne's(sp?) MySQL
> compatibility goodies, but we are also looking to solve this riddle at
> the application layer so we can support more databases in the future.
>
> We have implemented some basic SQL generating methods in our database
> class (to manage LIMIT and LEFT JOIN differences, for example) but are
> primarily relying on ANSI SQL to get around most issues.
>
> I'd like to know if anyone here is already working on a class to
> generate SQL at the object level, as opposed to (re)inventing your own
> API to generate queries for each database engine.
>
> Anybody else working on something?
>
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> Mitch Pirtle
> Joomla! Core Developer
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