#2708 - Drop irrelevant/dated database drivers
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By Chris Graham
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| Identifier | #2708 |
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| Issue type | Feature request or suggestion |
| Title | Drop irrelevant/dated database drivers |
| Status | Completed |
| Tags |
Risk: Deprecates functionality (custom) |
| Handling member | Chris Graham |
| Addon | core_database_drivers |
| Description | access database driver
REASON: Nobody ever has had, or will have, a reason to use Microsoft Access to power a website. MySQL is free and cross-platform and far better as a database engine. mysql_dbx database driver REASON: DBX is dead since 2011, PDO replaced it. Nobody has ever had a need for our MySQL DBX driver. sqlite database driver REASON: It may be cool, but there's no good reason to use it. It requires more knowledge to maintain an sqlite database file than to simply install a regular MySQL install, and it will never be as good. |
| Steps to reproduce | |
| Funded? | No |
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I do not agree with this anymore. I've had requests for flat file support. And SQLite (3) is natively supported by PHP. I'm bringing this one back for v11 beta9; it won't support anything more than simple, low-traffic sites. But for some people with web hosting restrictions on databases, it may be good enough.