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Nephilim
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| LordGalbalan wrote: | | Is there need of a public domain low-powered SQL processor? |
Not really. mySQL is free and can be used for anything from simple sites to huge, complex sites with almost equal facility. There's so much info out on the web about developing with mySQL for all levels of skill, it works so simply and easily with PHP, and so many ISP's offer it as the basic hosting package, that you probably don't need to spend the effort creating a new one unless you're stumbling against somethiing that actually precludes you from using mySQL. I suspect most people interested in SQL through PHP would just use mySQL because of all the support and power.
The only use case I can think of offhand where one might be necessary would be the case where someone has access to PHP scripting, but not to a mySQL (or other) database. But I imagine those people are pretty scarce nowadays.
Another thing to consider is that if you're looking to have others use your code, you'll probably want to provide mySQL support even if you roll your own lightweight SQL engine, so that your users have the option to pipe their database stuff through mySQL so they're only managing databases in one place, and can offload database work to another server when necessary.
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tcaudilllg
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Thanks. I doubt I'll got through with this, at least in the near future. What I really want, is the ability to interface with databases directly. So long as I know how the data is structured, then I probably wouldn't need to use SQL, right?
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| LordGalbalan wrote: | | Thanks. I doubt I'll got through with this, at least in the near future. What I really want, is the ability to interface with databases directly. So long as I know how the data is structured, then I probably wouldn't need to use SQL, right? |
Don't bother reinventing the wheel for web-based database activities.
mySQL is MORE than enough for ALL purposes that you could imagine.
That said, its insanely easy to add mySQL support to anything in PHP, as long as there is a mySQL service running on the server.
Have fun.
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RuneLancer
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hrm... easyPhp, anyone?
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Well I gotta finish up the help. :) Then I'll be ready to release. I'm preparing a Paypal interface, also.
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