A database abstraction layer is bundled with PHP 4. In the example below, the only thing you would need to change to use a different database is the odbc word on the third line. prepare('SELECT * FROM comments'); $result = $db->execute($stmt); while($row = $db->fetchrow($result)) { while($row as $field => $value ) { echo "$field: $value
\n"; } } $db->disconnect(); ?>]]>