[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21663: Use mysqli for MySQL queries when available

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#21663: Use mysqli for MySQL queries when available
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 Reporter:  scottconnerly     |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  3.9
Component:  Database          |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jb_wisemo):

 Given the decision not to do the full abstraction this time around, please
 carefully test and consider how this will affect the existing database
 abstraction plugins that many sites have installed in order to support
 databases other than MySQL.

 One such plugin is "Wordpress Database Abstraction" (
 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-database-abstraction/ ),
 which (though not updated for a few years) is still working nicely with
 WordPress 3.8.1 .  With the original developers of that plugin apparently
 gone, a way forward is needed to continue using alternative databases
 (such as MSSQL) with WordPress 3.9 .

 One option would be for markoheijnen's plugin to be updated and to merge
 in the extra features from "Wordpress Database Abstraction", especially
 the query adjustment logic they put in their MSSQL driver (they apparently
 cared little for getting their other drivers right anyway).

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