At 01:44 23/10/2002 +0000, you wrote:
From: "Negretti, John (CCI-San Diego)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.... But your site states 'powered by MySQL' !!
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PHP and databases? ...without MySQL and such
Hello All,
I am somewhat new to PHP and I have a question relating to FLAT FILE databases. First let me give an introduction to my question.
:-)
Oh, btw dBase support in PHP is effectively read only - its useful just for getting your data from a dBase file into PHP rather than writing new records. Rather than flat files (or DBM), stick with a DBMS, which has all the functionality in it to efficiently retrieve and manage data from the DB. MySQl, postygres are just fine for the web. MySQL is optimised primarily for fast queries over data storage which makes is extra good for medim size web aplications.
Cheers,
Neil Smith.
When I get done with it I'll post it for free at www.ideablue.com (my personal site). Well, I do give thanks in advance for any help.
NOTE: I think PHP is a great language and I do hope to stick with it. There are many great resources like www.phpbuilder.com, www.phpbeginner.com and the extensive documentation at www.php.net. Thanks to all that help us new PHP developers.
John Negretti
Web Applications Developer
Cox Communications www.cox.com
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