PEAR MDB2 is a merge of the PEAR DB and Metabase php database abstraction layers. Note that the API will be adapted to better fit with the new php5 only PDO before the first stable release. It provides a common API for all support RDBMS. The main difference to most other DB abstraction packages is that MDB2 goes much further to ensure portability. Currently supported RDBMS: MySQL PostGreSQL Oracle Frontbase Querysim Interbase/Firebird MSSQL SQLite Other soon to follow. WWW: http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2/