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Re: Best database for web backend on Linux?

From: Michael Peppler <mpeppler_at_mbay.net>
Date: 1998/10/16
Message-ID: <36276C28.54C2758C@mbay.net>#1/1

Edwin Johnson wrote:
>
> I'm using Mysql and believe, as advertised, it is probably one of the
> fastest. Since I'm just now getting into this, I'm not sure it will support
> all of the features you desire. It _does_, however, have a great Perl
> interface, with which I've written routines to access several databases I
> have and it also has the PHP3 with Apache. I've written front ends similar
> to the Perl, but using html format allowing users to access the database
> using simple TCP/IP connections and a web browser. As I said it _is_
> extremely fast.

MySQL is fast, but it doesn't have transactional integrity (as far as I know).
This is a serious drawback for any serious database work...

Michael

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Received on Fri Oct 16 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT

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