Is there something which can perform a query across different database systems?
It would extend the database.table.field notation to maybe
dbms.database.table.field and allow queries across MySQL and MSSQL
such as:
//$sql =
SELECT MySQLidentifier.aDatabase.aTable.aField,
MSSQLidentifier.anotherDatabase.anotherTable.anotherField
FROM MySQLidentifier.aDatabase.aTable,
MSSQLidentifier.anotherDatabase.anotherTable
WHERE MySQLidentifier.aDatabase.aTable.aKeyField =
MSSQLidentifier.anotherDatabase.anotherTable.anotherKeyField
//Or through JOINS, etc.
I've seen the linked server option in MSSQL. Technically I can write
to MSSQL, but company policy prohibits it. To steer clear of
ambiguity, personally I've decided that I will also not create
triggers (or any object) on MSSQL (which is a write in my mind).
Basically I will only read information from MSSQL.
I was thinking of PDO, which raises an interesting distinction of
data-access abstraction layer versus database abstraction (which as I
understand means no SQL rewrite or missing feature emulation -- SQL
rewrite example: "TOP n" prefix versus "LIMIT n" suffix). The PDO
developers may be close to creating such a feature.
$MySQLidentifier = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test', $user, $pass);
$MSSQLidentifier = new PDO('mssql:host=localhost;dbname=test', $user, $pass);
$dbh = new PDO_LinkedServers($MySQLidentifier, $MSSQLidentifier);
$dbh->exec("$sql");
Looking at MSSQL's OPENQUERY syntax, I don't even know if MSSQL
provides this extended query notation. It just seems to allow a query
on a remote (or distributed) server.
Regards.
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