Andrew Savory wrote:
On Wed, 02 May, 2001 at 21:51 +0100, Brett Parker wrote:
Agghhhhh! Not the omnipotent, and very nasty hack that is MySQL ;) Can I suggest that after "learning" from MySQL you try a real database system that actually works such as PostgreSQL.
*sigh* I really hate it when I have to say this....
I agree with Brett. He has a good point.If we want to showcase the best of free software and what linux can do, let's use Postgres eh? Postgres is a true ACID relational database, stable, secure, full-featured and with extensive support for SQL92. MySQL, um, isn't.
yep, and until recently MySQL didn't have transaction support !!! hhmm nice and resilient ;).. Postgress gets my vote...
Thoughts on what language to implement this in... Perl + DBI is nice and quick, Java is a little much for the initial site but might be a nice project for someone to add later. Ruby is always being mentioned to me but I have no idea if it has DBI-like features or not. Then there's the evils of the world such as PHP, Embperl, ASP.... can we steer clear of these?
Perl/DBI sounds good to me.... although I have to admit that I like php ;)...
Sz