Craig, You can use just about any modern DBMS. If you're concerned about support why not ask your hosting company up front - I've never had any problems finding support for MySQL (although my Oracle, MS and IBM sales reps have all claimed I would).
The cost is stunning - Oracle list price is something like $15,000 per CPU for the "Standard Edition" and $40,000 per CPU for "Enterprise Edition". MS and IBM's offerings are cheaper but still quite expensive. Good Luck, Frank On 5/31/02 12:13 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Craig Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:54:48 +0100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: newbie:What database can I use with php4 ? > > I'd like to use a file based database and something that is compatable with > windows and linux. I don't want to use mysql on my main sites because many > hosting companies don't support it. > > thanks > Craig -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
