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diff --git a/ext/pdo/README b/ext/pdo/README deleted file mode 100755 index ea3ee74fb6..0000000000 --- a/ext/pdo/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -$Id$ - -PHP Data Objects -================ - -Concept: Data Access Abstraction - -Goals: - -1/ Be light-weight -2/ Provide common API for common database operations -3/ Be performant -4/ Keep majority of PHP specific stuff in the PDO core (such as persistent - resource management); drivers should only have to worry about getting the - data and not about PHP internals. - - -Transactions and autocommit -=========================== - -When you create a database handle, you *should* specify the autocommit -behaviour that you require. PDO will default to autocommit on. - -$dbh = new PDO("...", $user, $pass, array(PDO_ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT => true)); - -When auto-commit is on, the driver will implicitly commit each query as it is -executed. This works fine for most simple tasks but can be significantly -slower when you are making a large number of udpates. - -$dbh = new PDO("...", $user, $pass, array(PDO_ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT => false)); - -When auto-commit is off, you must then use $dbh->beginWork() to initiate a -transaction. When your work is done, you then call $dbh->commit() or -$dbh->rollBack() to persist or abort your changes respectively. -Not all databases support transactions. - -You can change the auto-commit mode at run-time: - -$dbh->setAttribute(PDO_ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT, false); - -Regardless of the error handling mode set on the database handle, if the -autocommit mode cannot be changed, an exception will be thrown. - -Some drivers will allow you to temporarily disable autocommit if you call -$dbh->beginWork(). When you commit() or rollBack() such a transaction, the -handle will switch back to autocommit mode again. If the mode could not be -changed, an exception will be raised, as noted above. - -When the database handle is closed or destroyed (or at request end for -persistent handles), the driver will implicitly rollBack(). It is your -responsibility to call commit() when you are done making changes and -autocommit is turned off. - -vim:tw=78:et - - |
