On Dec 11, 2007 4:11 PM, Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I can't remember what sort of environment the OP was in, but if any sort > of organised testing is done, the use of two different APIs will just > about double the test-effort. Which is why I still think the best > option is to mandate _one_ of the APIs and choose your hoster > accordingly. ideally there should be an abstraction layer. beneath it either mysql or mysqli would work. this is the nature of any respectable database layer. it prevents a need to modify stable client code (written against the abstraction layer) when you have to switch the underlying database client. -nathan
