Re: Choosing a database product

From: Tom Peel (notreallytandp_at_freenet.de)
Date: 11/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:15:31 +0100

Steve wrote:
> Tom Peel wrote:
>
>>I am planning on developing a web application that should be deployable
>>on one or more as-yet undetermined hosting services. I'm thinking in
>>terms of a Linux basis with Apache2, PHP and MySQL, with development on
>>a FC3 platform. Where I need some advice is whether MySQL is good choice
>
>
> MySQL is a great choice
>
>
>>in terms of having a large choice of web hosting services, or are other
>>Linux databases more appropriate? What about the MySQL versions, does
>>it make sense to stick with 3, or go for 4? Ditto PHP version 4 vs 5.
>
>
> However, if you plan on using the GUI interfaces from www.mysql.org,
> you will need to use MySQL ver 4.1 or higher.
>
>
>>Note I'm not addressing this to a MySQL NG, because I suspect the answer
>>will be obvious. I also suspect that the FC3 out-of-the-box PHP and
>>MySQL versions will be ok as regards features and functionality. Any
>>comments?
>>
>>TIA
>
>
Thanks. The more we look at hosting, the more MySQL seems to be the
choice. We weren't necessarily planning on using the GUIs, but it may be
worth considering.
T.

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