Re: [PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL

2001-04-05 Thread Misterio X . - Anonymo
JUST STAY AWAY FROM INFORMIX!!! I've a very good experience with Oracle and Mysql... -- mail.pt - Um mail para todos - em http://mail.pt/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact th

RE: [PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL

2001-04-05 Thread Andrew Hill
IL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL > > > Hi > > I have used Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, ADABAS and MS Access. > > For small projects my preference is MySQL with PHP on *nix and MS Access > with ASP on Win32. > > For more complex projects requiring comp

[PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL

2001-04-05 Thread Florian Clever
Hi I have used Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, ADABAS and MS Access. For small projects my preference is MySQL with PHP on *nix and MS Access with ASP on Win32. For more complex projects requiring complicated calculations or projects with a lot of data Oracle is the best choice, because it is the most po

Re: [PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL

2001-04-04 Thread Phil Jackson
Brian, To echo your other replies, there is always a trade-off between cost, ease of mainenance, usability, and functionality. PHP seems to go quite hand-in-hand with MySQL, despite some limitations. I'd take a look at the MySQL site and see first if you can live with those limitations. Ive been

Re: [PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Farmer
Hi Brian, At 7:24 PM -0500 4/4/01, Brian.J.Mauter wrote: >Hey, > >Has anyone tried out all three of these DBMS packages and evaluated them? well not all of them :) >I was wondering what everyone is having the best luck with when writing >PHP scripts. On that level it doesn't make much differen

Re: [PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL

2001-04-04 Thread Joe Brown
hehe, cute question. I think for your purposes, MySql is probably most appropriate. After all, if you can get it to do what you need, you can't beat the price of it. Re: Which database is best? This is a very long and convaluted question for which you really need to identify many criteria from

Re: [PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL

2001-04-04 Thread The Hermit Hacker
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Brian.J.Mauter wrote: > Hey, > > Has anyone tried out all three of these DBMS packages and evaluated them? > I was wondering what everyone is having the best luck with when writing > PHP scripts. Slashdot just moved to PgSQL with their PHP interfaces ... -- PHP Database M

[PHP-DB] Oracle vs MS SQL vs MySQL

2001-04-04 Thread Brian.J.Mauter
Hey, Has anyone tried out all three of these DBMS packages and evaluated them? I was wondering what everyone is having the best luck with when writing PHP scripts. I'm using Oracle8i and if you don't mind, it's a pain in the tail. :-P While I'm asking, let's not limit it to just those three, i