Thread: From MySQL to PostgreSQL

From MySQL to PostgreSQL

From
Zouari Fourat
Date:
Am just migrating from mysql db to pgsql db, an want to ask about some
clarifications on the php pgsql api :

*> is pg_fetch_all faster than iterating with pg_fetch_assoc ?
*> how to avoid sql injections, should i use the same methods with
mysql ? (addslashes)

Re: From MySQL to PostgreSQL

From
Mariusz Pękala
Date:
On 2005-02-22 12:07:39 +0100 (Tue, Feb), Zouari Fourat wrote:
> Am just migrating from mysql db to pgsql db, an want to ask about some
> clarifications on the php pgsql api :
>
> *> is pg_fetch_all faster than iterating with pg_fetch_assoc ?

You should test. :-)
I believe (I should test too) that it is faster, but with _large_ data sets
you will use a lot of memory, so things will slow down or break.
For known small results (SELECT ... LIMIT ..) why not.

> *> how to avoid sql injections, should i use the same methods with
> mysql ? (addslashes)

No, you should use pg_escape_string()


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