This tells MDB that the first column of the result set is of the type `timestamp' and the second is of the type `integer'. All methods that allow querying can take such meta-information as an optional parameter. The data can also be set later using MDB::setResultTypes(). Depending on the database that the data is retrieved from, it will then convert the returned data accordingly. The MDB internal data format for timestamps is the ISO 8601 standard. Other packages such as PEAR::Date can handle this format. MDB also provides a small number of methods for date format conversion in the MDB_Date class that can be included optionally.
这告诉 MDB 结果集的第一列类型是 'timestamp' 以及第二列是'integer'。所有查询函数能够接受这样的元信息作为可选的参数。数据还能事后用 MDB::setResultTypes() 来设置。取决于数据获取于的数据库，它然后将被相应的转换返回的数据。MDB 内部的 timestamps 的数据格式是遵循 ISO 8601 标准的。其他像 PEAR::Date 这样的包能够处理这种格式。MDB 还在 MDB_Date 类中提供了一些数据格式转换函数，它们能够被可选的包含。
Since pretty much every RDBMS returns integer data the same way there is no need to convert integer data. So, in order to gain a slight performance improvement you could do the following:
因为相当多的 RDBMS 以相同的方法返回整数数据，没有必要转换整数数据。因而，为了获得稍许的性能改进你能够这么做：
$types = array('timestamp');
$result = $mdb->queryRow($query, $types);
This way only the first column of the result set would be converted. Of course this may become an issue if MDB would be used in conjunction with a database that does return integers differently. However unlikely, the slight performance increase might not be worth this risk. But again it shows that the usage of these features is optional.
这样只有结果集的第一列会被转换。当然，如果 MDB 用于返回整数不同的数据库，这可能成为一个问题。然而，稍许的性能改善可能并不值得冒这个风险。但是再一次的，它显示了这些特性的使用仅仅是供选择的。
Listing 1 shows an example use of prepared queries. These can be quite convenient if you have to run a number of queries where the only difference is in the data that is being passed to the database while the structure of the query remains the same. Advanced databases can store the parsed query in memory to offer a performance boost.
Listing 1 展示了一个使用预准备的查询的例子。如果你必须运行大量查询而唯一的差别是数据传递给数据库，但是查询的结构还是一样的，这些能够相当的方便。高级的数据库能够在内存中储存解析好的查询来加速性能。
Listing 1
$alldata = array(
array(1, 'one', 'un'),
array(2, 'two', 'deux'),
array(3, 'three', 'trois'),
array(4, 'four', 'quatre')
);
$p_query = $mdb->prepareQuery('INSERT INTO numbers VALUES (?,?,?)');
$param_types = array('integer', 'text', 'text');
foreach ($alldata as $row) {
$mdb->execute($p_query, NULL, $row, $param_types);
}
Each of the 4 arrays that are stored in $alldata will be used in an execute statement. The data will automatically be converted to the correct format. Since this is an insert statement the second parameter for MDB::execute() is set to NULL because we will not have any result columns for which we would need to set data types.
在 $alldata 中储存的所有四个数组将用于 execute 语句。数据将自动被转换为正确的格式。因为这是一个插入语句，MDB::execute() 的第二个参数被设置为 NULL 因为我们将没有任何结果列需要我们设置数据类型。
Among the supported data type are also LOB's (Large OBjects) which allow you to store files into a database. Binary files are stored in BLOBs (Binary Large OBject) and normal text files are stored on CLOBs (Character Large OBject). In MDB you can only store LOB's using prepared INSERT and UPDATE queries. Using either MDB::setParamBlob() or MDB::setParamClob() you can set the values of the LOB field in a prepared query. Both methods expect to be passed a LOB object however which can be created using MDB::createLob().
在支持的数据类型中还有 LOB （大对象），它使得我们能够在数据库中储存文件。二进制文件储存在 BLOB （二进制大对象）中而且普通文本文件储存在 CLOB （字符大对象）中。在 MDB 中你仅仅能够使用预准备的 INSERT 和 UPDATE 查询储存 LOB。使用 MDBA::setParamBlob() 或者 MDB::setParamClob() 你能够设置预准备查询的 LOB 域的值。两个函数都预期传递一个 LOB 对象，而它能够使用 MDB::createLob() 创建。
$binary_lob = array(
'Type' => 'inputfile',
'FileName' => './myfile.gif'
);
$blob = $mdb->createLob($binary_lob);
$character_lob = array(
'Type' => 'data',
'Data' => 'this would be a very long string container the CLOB data'
);
$clob = $mdb->createLob($character_lob);