> I'm working on a new site, and I'm wondering whether to use an > abstraction layer or not. I don't have any plans to switch DB system, > but you never know what the future holds. I figure that there's no > reason not to, but are there any down sides? Which abstraction layers > are good? ADOdb is a good one. PEAR also has an abstraction class. Once you get used to using them, they make things easier over all. I've never actually switched databases with them, so I don't know how much easier it makes that. I find them ideal for error catching and reporting. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php