We can now do this since we finally switched to PHP 5.3 for MW 1.20 and get rid of the silly dirname(__FILE__) stuff :)
Change-Id: Id9b2c9cd2e678197aa81c78adced5d1d31ff57b1
* Removed unused and obsolete set() and safeQuery() functions.
* Removed unused deprecated constructor functions.
* Removed unused limitResultForUpdate() cruft function.
* Removed unused standardSelectDistinct(), it's better to just follow the standard for all queries.
* Removed other cruft functions unused by core/extensions.
* Made some internal functions protected.
Change-Id: I90be88ea740834a417a17d7751f1be7bac4eae4e
Patchset 2: attempt to fix sql error when using sqlite
Patchset 3: for great justice
Patchset 4: sqlite, not postgres... /facepalm
Patchset 5: joy, more sql divergence...
Patchset 7: handle inconsistencies in MWs database abstraction layer
Change-Id: I1948c4ad815008321801c93584eb249c1f597560