On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 06:42, Vincent Stoessel wrote: > Hello, Greetings!
> I am curious about what was the determining factor for using > mysql as the database engine as opposed to something that had > foreign keys and transactions. If the project had started today what > would be different? When we started the project back in '98, MySQL seemed to be the only viable free database (not GPL then) on the market. However, I admit we didn't really evaluate all available solutions, but just picked the first suitable one we came across. Midgard was our first database-backed CMS experiment. The systems we created before that were either SGML-based or used flat-file databases. Nowadays I think we would go for ODBC or some other abstraction layer. Postgres and Interbase could be strong options as well. When we designed Midgard it was not to be a more widely-used system, but rather was just meant for running a single web site. However, we noted it to be useful for other sites as well, and so decided to Open Source it back in '99. The early designs unfortunately still affect some aspects of Midgard like the database choice. > Vincent Stoessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] /Bergie -- Henri Bergius [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consultant Partner Tel: +358-20-198 6032 Nemein Solutions Oy http://www.nemein.com Nadmin Studio and Midgard support at 0600-1-2552 available for Finnish customers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
