Re: Please answer

Paul,

I am no expert but I would suggest you use PostgreSQL for your website because it's FREE. There is a ton of documentation and lots of newsgroups to answer questions you may have.

To connect your dB to your website you'll need to learn a server-side language called PHP (it is similar to ASP). It will allow you to "connect" your webpages to your dB. Fairly easy to learn.

Here's what you'll need to do:

Download PHP from http://www.php.net
You will need to compile PHP with PostgreSQL support and then compile your Apache web server with PHP support.

Sounds easy right?

-Saira

"Paul" <domination34_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:cHoG7.674$HV4.607350_at_news.uswest.net...
> Im a newbie, I admit it...
>
> MYSQL
> POSTGRES
> ORACLE
> im sure their are many more out there.
>
> I know Oracle is an enterprise wide database, thats too big for what I
 want
> to do. I simply want to take input from a website and store in two
 tables.
> Maybe grow a little down the road.
> what is the difference of MYSQL and postgres. I would be writing the
> scripts in cgi if that mattered and how do I make the connection between
 my
> website and my database. I already have postgres installed and running
 but
> I have been reading many newsgroups and would like a straight answer about
> the differences. Thank you in advance and forgive me for posting to this
> newgroup. I figured all you Oracle users would really know your
 databases.
> :)
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 15 2001 - 03:16:20 CET