At 12:00 AM 5/13/98 +0000, you wrote:
>On 12 May 98 at 9:12, Bruce Young wrote:
>
>> One of my old free sites is moving to another server. I had hoped it
>> would be one of my CF servers as I will need to do some DB work for
>> it very soon. However... they have decided to put it on a Linux box
>> (not sure of the flavour yet). That's fine, as it is currently on a
>> Unix box and I know enough to do what I need to. The question now
>> arises as to how can I do DB stuff without using Selena's or Matt's
>> stuff. Peter S has mentioned using mSQL or mySQL and Perl in the
>> past (lost it, sorry Peter). Any pointers here would be good also.
>
>I am currently working at an ad agency and their intranet is on NT. I
>am going to try and convince them to get CF and use it as an
>advertising point. Seems everyone is happy with CF.
>
>Forget Selena or Matt.
>
>Use perl DBI/DBD. You write the code and choose a driver. You can
>switch databases and code still works. OO and easy to do everything.
>
>Here is a mailing list for Web Databases. The guy who wrote mySQL is
>pretty active on it. Seems everyone prefers mySQL over mSQL:
The fact mySQL is free also helps. *g*
I am currently working on a couple of decent sized projects using
mysql. I am using a C interface to the database. Its fairly simple to use.
It's FAST.. I am running my demo on my 28.8 dialup and it is
quick. It works on UNIX and there is even a NT Port...
Matt Soffen
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Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX."
Boss - "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said
never mind."
- Dilbert -
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