2009/7/14 Tom Chubb <tomchubb@xxxxxxxxx> > 2009/7/14 Eddie Drapkin <oorza2k5@xxxxxxxxx> > > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Tom Chubb<tomchubb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi List, > > > Just wanted to pick your brains please? > > > I'm trying to standardise on the way I query databases and move away > from > > > the Dreamweaver built-in functions (which I know you all hate!) ;) > > > I've been on this list for about 5 years now and I don't think I've > ever > > > heard anyone mention the Pear packages, eg: MDB_QueryTool and wondered > if > > > there was any reason why not? > > > I found some classes on phpclasses and have already started using one > of > > > them by Henry Chen and there are plenty more. > > > I am still using Dreamweaver as the text editor for PHP on a Mac and > > trying > > > to code things manually but building SQL queries are one of the biggest > > > problems I come across. > > > To be honest, Dreamweaver used to be fine but for me, historically on > > both > > > PC and Mac, after a while it decides that it can connect to the DB but > > > cannot see any of the tables which prevent using the wizards which is > why > > > I'm moving away from it. > > > All tutorials on the net are different and I'd like some info on the > best > > > practices that you guys follow when dealing with MySQL. > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > PS - I'm only dealing with simple queries: show, insert, update, > delete, > > > etc. > > > > > > > I've always enjoyed writing SQL myself, as it is sort of challenging > > and interesting to do, so I've always written them by hand. I'd > > recommend learning SQL yourself, as the queries tools generate, in my > > experience, are never quite as useful as hand-written, nor as fast. > > It's not that difficult to do and if you can't write queries yourself, > > whether you do or not, no one is going to take you very seriously as a > > web developer. So, my best suggestion to you is to just buck up and > > learn SQL, as useless as that is. > > > > That's still useful Eddie, and I suspect that's what a lot of people > actually do. > I do understand SQL (at a very basic level) but I'm trying to start using > the same custom functions for future projects and thought, "I wonder if > there's anything in Pear?" > Well, PDO is an approach. There are abstractions available like dddbl, which I believe are quite useful. Check www.dddbl.de Don't know about other pear classes, though regards
