Re: [PDO] Mapping data type/size

Matteo Beccati wrote:
> Lester Caine ha scritto:
>> Lester Caine wrote:
>>> Matteo Beccati wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>> anyways .. i think making it possible to choose between a string and a
>>>>> stream seems to be a sensible feature to add.
>>>> It is currently possible, although it's a "global" switch, see
>>>> PDO_STRINGIFY_FETCHES.
>>> Where is that documented? I'm not seeing anything about it on php.net
>> OK found http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/pdo.setattribute.php - but why
>> doesn't php.net search find that text?
> 
> Maybe because I mispelled it. It's PDO::ATTR_STRINGIFY_FETCHES.
> 
>> This only says convert numeric values - not blobs?
> 
> I agree that documentation of the various attributes and fetch modes can
> be improved. If you are serious about improving PDO, I'd suggest you to
> take a look at the test suites, both common and driver specific: there
> might be much to learn by looking at them (talking about the main
> drivers, not the broken firebird one).

The only database I run IS Firebird ( and Interbase for 10 years before 
it ) so all I have any interest in testing is Firebird. I've not lost 
any data on customer sites in 20 years so I don't plan to move away from 
Firebird any time soon.

Fixing the Firebird PDO driver is all I am interested in, but the poor 
generic documentation does make it difficult to know where to start, and 
each driver still seems to be doing it's own thing, so that making PDO 
perform cross database is equally problematic.

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