RE: [PHP-DEV] Technical refresh->Why MySQL?

You can tell those boys to make it easier to install on Windows! :) -Brian Tanner -----Original Message----- From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@php.net] Sent: August 11, 2001 3:28 AM To: Ron Chmara Cc: php-dev@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Technical refresh->Why MySQL? > 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 out of date since the early 90's? 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? Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? PHP's PostgreSQL support is every bit as good as its support for MySQL. You will also find a number of PHP developers, including myself, on the GreatBridge technical advisory board, and we talk to the core PostgreSQL folks like Bruce Momjian and Tome Lane all the time. Perhaps if you could identify exactly how else we can do more we can try to address whatever it is you have a problem with. -Rasmus -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net