RE: [PHP] php and DB2
| From: | Kristen G. Thorson | Date: | Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:52:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] php and DB2 | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: afan@afan.net [mailto:afan@afan.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:39 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] php and DB2
>
> hi to all,
> my IT director got an idea to replace mysql with DB2. more
> "power/flexibility/stability/security..."
> though, for our needs, I think mysql is just fine and enough. the
business
> we are doing is promotional products and all online orders we have are
> ONLY from our sales people. with 200-300 orders per day and averge of
5
> items per order I think we really don't need that replacement.
> though, don't know how php works with DB2 (assuming same quality as
with
> mysql).
>
> can anybody give me some ideas and "reasons" to present to boss to NOT
> replace mysql with DB2?
>
> thanks.
>
> -afan
>
I don't know how close the syntax between MySQL and DB2 is, but I
suspect you're looking at quite a bit of rewrite. Unless your
application was written specifically to work with either, I doubt it
will simply be a matter of plugging in a new database.