RE: [cobalt-users] PERL of PHP/MySQL?

["Tony" <isplists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/DB_Basics/

Flat files max out speed wise at the 3MB-5MB mark. I beleive MYSQL tables
can hold 2+GB or more.

The latest Mysql & PHP rpms from Cobalt install fairly easily with no hitchs
except for LDAP support
in PHP.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Casselman, Chad
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 5:27 PM
> To: 'cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [cobalt-users] PERL of PHP/MySQL?
>
>
> I am a PERL programmer and I am looking into setting up several (hopefully
> large) index/database driven sites.  I know a good bit about
> Oracle and SQL,
> but I haven't even attempted anything like that on my RAQ2.  I
> was wondering
> if you could give me some suggestion, or pros and cons of a PERL flat file
> DB versus the pains of installing and using PHP and MySQL.  I haven't
> installed anything on my raq other than the things from Cobalt so
> I am very
> new and stupid at installing things on Linux.
>
> Any help or suggestion are appreciated.
> chad
>
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