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

["Simon Weller" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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.

Right you have 2 options really and flat file db ain't one of 'em :-)

either Perl with DBI interfacing into MYSQL etc
or PHP using MYSQL.

I much prefer php when it comes to coding, takes the pain out of writing code 
really. But if you know perl really well, I would stick with it...no point in 
starting again really.
But for future projects I would take a look at php. if you have a good perl 
background, moving across to it will be pretty easy.

You will find RPM installs of MYSQL on the cobaltnet.com ftp (under 
experimental, install these as per the readme file int he same directory.

You will then need to install some CPAN modules including perl's DBI to 
intereface into MYSQL. Do a search on CPAN for this.

Hope this helps.

regards,

Simon

> 
> Any help or suggestion are appreciated.
> chad
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