WTFranklin Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this would be the correct place to post this or if it's just a really dumb question, but I've been hearing about database abstraction layers a lot lately but I was just trying to get a better idea of what they are exactly. Is it a way of obscuring your db queries by calling functions or methods to help prevent security issues or something like that? Thanks for any info! -Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this would be the correct place to post this or if it's just a really dumb question, but I've been hearing about database abstraction layers a lot lately but I was just trying to get a better idea of what they are exactly. Is it a way of obscuring your db queries by calling functions or methods to help prevent security issues or something like that? Thanks for any info! -Frank No, it's a way to decouple one's app from having to rely on a particular type of db (MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, etc.). Essentially, it separates the database interface/API from the actual underlying store, making it easy to port one's app from platform to platform with minimal fuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFranklin Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 Oh, I see. That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification! -Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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