http://phpclasses.org/metabase Goal #1 is SQL portability Includes schema management Supports: Interbase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, mSQL, MySQL, ODBC, Oracle, PostgreSQL "mysql","User"=>"user","Password"=>"pass"), $database ) and die("unable to connect: $error"); $stmt = MetabasePreparedQuery($database, "SELECT ... "); $result = MetabaseExecuteQuery($database, $stmt) or die("query failed: ".MetabaseError($database)); $rows = MetabaseNumberOfRows($database, $result); for ($row = 0; $row < $rows; $row++) { $id = MetabaseFetchResult($database, $result, $row, "id"); echo " $id ... "; }]]>