I think this kind of functionality would be very useful. It could be done in
a separate class hierarchy than Zend_Db. We could have a Zend_Db_Schema or
Zend_Db_Admin class.
Andi
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> From: oetting [mailto:jacob-wv+1p6JG8zDZaaYASwVUlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:13 PM
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> Subject: Re: [fw-db] Table manipulation in Zend_Db_Adaptor
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> Rob Allen wrote:
> >
> > The danger is that we might bloat the db adaptes with stuff that is
> > rarely used. When I get some spare time, I'll tidy up the proof of
> > concept code that I wrote back when 0.1 was current and see
> what the
> > overhead actually is.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rob...
> >
> >
>
> Yes you are right, it would not be used in all cases. The
> alternative is to have an entire extra set of adaptors for
> this functionality alone, this sertanly has its disadvantages as well.
>
> This functionality would provide a base that would allow many
> nice features:
> Cross db schema managment (of curse)
> Automatic form generation (based on the datatypes) ORM ...
>
> I would be very happy to contribute in this area, I was
> thinking an implementation of the mentioned methods for
> MySQL. But if you already have written a proof of concept I
> won't do that.
>
> Jacob
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