On 8/1/07, Dries Buytaert <dries.buytaert@gmail.com> wrote:
1) Use A in Drupal 5.3 and Drupal 6, and switch to B as part of the overhaul in Drupal 7.
2) Clean up whatever the remaining objections are to B and use that now so there's less API change later.
3) Use A now and drop B completely, keeping A come Drupal 7. (Not good for D7's API, IMO.)
I want to make sure we're on the same page as to the approach so that there's no wasted effort. Which are we doing? :-)
I'm leaning towards A so let's go with that for now. It wouldn't hurt to discuss this some more though.
I'd prefer to use db_query_slave(). It makes it simple to direct safe queries to the slave with a minimum of changes. I'd rather wait and make all the D7 database changes at once rather than trying to anticipate what we'll want to do. It's good to have an eye on where you'd like to be so you don't paint yourself into a corner but there's a lot than can happen between now and then. andrew