Toby, > pardon my ignorance ..... i think postgre only works with freebsd, > unix,linx or solaris can it work with windows ?????
You can get PostgreSQL on Windows if you use the Cygwin tools (www.cygwin.com). Along with the database, you can also pick up Apache and PHP as well. The price is right, and you'll never have to type another backslash in a filename again! :P > 2ndly how much will i get to pay fo it if i get to pay ..... > (rite now im searchin thru http://www.pgsql.com/ .... :$) Ahhh...the beauty of open source! $0.00 > 3rd i ve to get an alternative for visual practice developed in fox > pro so i guess i HAVE to run what ever i run on windows Ok, so it's not a perfect world... > 4th can freebird work with windows .... i think it works with > interbase Firebird actually came from Interbase. Borland opened the source a few years ago, then decided to discontinue the project. The community has picked it up and it's going. The downside is that Firebird is now totally divergent from Interbase, but it was already a solid product so Firebird has a good foundation. William D. 'Diggy' Bell Principal DB Software Development http://www.dbsoftdev.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "toby z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Diggy Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 1:50 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Re: help with db selection with php ............. > > thnx a million diggy > > > > > > what can i do ?????? > > plz tell ..... > > thnx a zillion again ....... > > > lost as ever > toby ..... > > > > --- Diggy Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Toby, > > > > Either MySQL or PostgreSQL are good database alternatives. I'm > > more of a > > hardcore database person so I prefer PostgreSQL because of it's > > support for > > transactions. I've also found the SQL grammar in PostgreSQL to be > > a little > > more standard. Another option would be the Firebird project > > (http://firebird.sourceforge.net/). It was originally the > > Interbase product > > from Borland. > > > > Coming from FoxPro, either database is going to be a nice step up > > in the > > world. The main thing to keep in mind is that you'll have to pay a > > bit more > > attention to some of the standard database things like > > normalization and > > referential integrity. > > > > > > -- > > William D. 'Diggy' Bell > > Principal > > DB Software Development > > http://www.dbsoftdev.com > > > > "Toby z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > > > > > ok guyz i need some inside info ..... > > > > > > plz help me with: > > > > > > > > > 1. if i ve to conver a db in foxpro to mysql or sql which one > > should > > > i preffer to use with php and y ???? > > > > > > > > > 2. and while im converting the foxpro db to mysql what will i ve > > to > > > loose ???? the common pitfalls ...... > > > > > > > > > 3. there aint no foreign keys in mysql then what can i do about > > > cascading updates, deletes and all > > > > > > > > > 5. n finally do i have anyother choice of open source database > > > (cheapest if not completely free) for this conversion ????? > > > > > > > > > > > > id be eternally gratefull if anyone cud guide me thru this ...... > > > > > > > > > thnx a billion zillion guyz ..... > > > > > > toby ...... > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > > > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > > > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
