Re: From MySQL to PostgreSQL

"Marcjon Louwersheimer" <marcjon@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:1083980943.26747.196068112@webmail.messagingengine.com... > Hi. I developed a forum using php5 and mysql. Right now I'm hosting it on > my computer, for version for myself and another for a school I volunteer > at. I would like to move the forums to the school's server. Apperently > they don't have MySQL, they have PostgreSQL. I was just wondering, how > much like MySQL is PostgreSQL? Would it be possible to create general > functions (MySQL style) that could also work for PostgreSQL, based on > what a config file set? Right now I have a file that's specific to each > forum, so I could specify PostgreSQL or MySQL and based on that the > function would do the appropriate action. So how much like MySQL is > PostgreSQL? Hi Marcjon, I can't answer your question regarding the difference of MySQL and PostgreSQL but using a database abstraction layer like PEAR::DB should solve your problem: http://pear.php.net/package/DB Regards, Torsten > -- > Marcjon