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On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Carlos Moreno wrote:

> First, I'm not quite sure when or how should I use PgDatabase 
> (in the simple tests that I've done so far, I use only PgConnection). 

Use whichever provides functionality you need--it's as simple as that.  If
you want to actually read values from the database (and I guess at some point
you will), use PgDatabase.

The current class hierarchy is a little confusing, and not always for very
good reasons.  So expect them to change radically in the not-too-far future.


Jeroen