Oh...Well, learning something new every day. Seriously; I have never been
coding against a database.
- Richard
""James Atkinson"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I don't know of any PHP bulletin boards that use flat files. I database is
> far better for storing data like this anyway. Ever seen a UBB board with
> over 1,000,000 posts? Doing a simple search on it crashes the server...
>
> The next version of phpBB will have support for MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL,
ODBC
> and Oracle.
>
> - James
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: March 20, 2001 3:08 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Create a Bulletin Board
> >
> >
> > Do you know anyone that doesn't use MySQL? I mean, that uses flatfiles?
> >
> > - Richard
> >
> >
> > ""Yoshi Melrose"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > 032601c0b192$1eaed610$0214a8c0@enterprise">news:032601c0b192$1eaed610$0214a8c0@enterprise...
> > > Ahh... that's right, my bad. =)
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "James Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "PHP General List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:59 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Create a Bulletin Board
> > >
> > >
> > > > Anyone who wants a threaded discussion board won't be satisfied with
> > > phpBB.
> > > > It dosan't contain a threaded view and probably never will :)
> > > >
> > > > - James Atkinson
> > > > Lead Developer, phpBB
> > > >
> > > > > You could also check out phpBB:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.phpbb.com
> > > > > > > > Just keep track of a parent message number. You
> > should be able
> > > > > > > > to use that one field to trace any message back to a root
> > message.
> > > > > > > > And with that information, you should be able to build a
> > "thread".
> > > > > > > I concur on that.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Good to see it's not just me. :p
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > However, I am more fond of the UBB/vBulletin style of
> > > > > > > threads, personally.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > UBB style threads?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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