Re: Technical refresh->Why MySQL?
| From: | Ron Chmara | Date: | Sat, 11 Aug 2001 10:05:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Technical refresh->Why MySQL? | ||
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On Friday, August 10, 2001, at 06:25 PM, Zeev Suraski wrote:
Yeah. I sound like Monty (which is not all that of a bad thing), but I do think that the MySQL integration will happen within the next 12 months.Questions: Why can't PHP get deeply involved with a different db engine, something that actually supports whatever-you-damn-well-please-joins, row locking, transactions, and internal functions? Why is PHP focused on simple flat file db's, when they've been out of date since the early 90's? This love affair with a fundamentally simplistic db engine has always mystified me. Why not something faster, with more features, like PostgreSQL? Is it a social issue? Licensing? Promotion? Install base? Documentation? Ease of adoption for folks notused to relational design? -Ronabop --2D426F70|759328624|00101101010000100110111101110000 ron@opus1.com, 520-326-6109, http://www.opus1.com/ron/ The opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily those of myself, my employers, or any of the other little voices in my head.