Re: [PHP] Text database instead of MySql (Recommendations / Advise also welcome)

2006-04-13 Thread Ryan A
Hey, > You're in for a rough ride...Yep, sure looks like it. --- Quadruple all your time estimates, and start by defining EXACTLY what your app has to do, and EXACTLY how much data needs to from A to B to C.---Wise words, have already done most of that, it was very tempting to sta

Re: [PHP] Text database instead of MySql (Recommendations / Advise also welcome)

2006-04-13 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, April 13, 2006 7:37 pm, Ryan A wrote: > Hey, > > > A text db is never going to be as fast as a relational db. > > > I know ...but I have no choice, no MySql or any other database > installed on > the server. > > >> Why can't you use a database (I assume there was some sort of >> technical

Re: [PHP] Text database instead of MySql (Recommendations / Advise also welcome)

2006-04-13 Thread Ryan A
Hey, > quantify 'high traffic'. Millions of hits per day, hundreds if not thousands of GBs transferred _per day_ sounds like high traffic? :-D --- you might consider telling the client that the implementation of a high traffic site should not be constrained from the outset by s

Re: [PHP] Text database instead of MySql (Recommendations / Advise also welcome)

2006-04-13 Thread Richard Lynch
http://php.net/sqllite I dunno how well it will do with "high traffic" though... But at least it will work the same as the MySQL you are familiar with, for the most part. It's the same idea as what you are looking at now, but already built into PHP and ready to rock and roll. :-) You might just

Re: [PHP] Text database instead of MySql (Recommendations / Advise also welcome)

2006-04-13 Thread Jochem Maas
Ryan A wrote: Hey, I have been asked to make a site that would be pretty high traffic... quantify 'high traffic'. problem is, no MySql. you might consider telling the client that the implementation of a high traffic site should not be constrained from the outset by something as petty as My

Re: [PHP] Text database instead of MySql (Recommendations / Advise also welcome)

2006-04-13 Thread Ryan A
Hey, > A text db is never going to be as fast as a relational db. I know ...but I have no choice, no MySql or any other database installed on the server. > Why can't you use a database (I assume there was some sort of technical reason) ? Load / resources basically, its a bunch of load balanc

Re: [PHP] Text database instead of MySql (Recommendations / Advise also welcome)

2006-04-13 Thread chris smith
On 4/14/06, Ryan A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > I have been asked to make a site that would be pretty high traffic... > problem is, no MySql. > > Although i have messed around with php's file and directory commands I have > never really made anything "really big" using them, I always used

[PHP] Text database instead of MySql (Recommendations / Advise also welcome)

2006-04-13 Thread Ryan A
Hey, I have been asked to make a site that would be pretty high traffic... problem is, no MySql. Although i have messed around with php's file and directory commands I have never really made anything "really big" using them, I always used MySql, here I dont have that choice as the server itself d