multi database support (basic solution)

[weec]

please add multi-database support in SMF

solution:
PHP-DBX extension
http://php.net/dbx [nofollow]

The dbx module is a database abstraction layer (db 'X', where 'X' is a supported database). The dbx functions allow you to access all supported databases using a single calling convention. The dbx-functions themselves do not interface directly to the databases, but interface to the modules that are used to support these databases.

Currently there is support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Frontbase, Sybase-CT, Oracle (oci8) and ODBC.

[Peter Duggan]

As part of our aim to allow our software to be used by as many users as possible, Simple Machines is currently developing multi-database support for our next release of SMF.