RE: [PHP] RE: Address book - LDAP or MySQL?

umm... not sure who posted that ldap isn't a database... ldap isn't a database like oracle, mysql, sybase, etc.. it's meant to be a kind of lightweight database/protocol for establishing user address book kinds of information, normally used for user id/auth processes. peace.. -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org]On Behalf Of Timothy Murphy Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:02 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] RE: Address book - LDAP or MySQL? Jay Blanchard wrote: > I'm thinking of setting up an address-book on my server, > but I'm not sure whether to use LDAP or MySQL. > First of all LDAP is not a database, it is a connection protocol that > can connect to many things, most notably Active Directory seems to be > the most popular usage. Therefore you cannot compare it to MySQL, > because MySQL is a database product. Are you talking about Active > Directory being the database? As I understand it, LDAP and MySQL offer two different ways of setting up a networked address book. So I take it they can be compared as far as that is concerned. Actually, I normally run Linux, so Active Directory would not be a priority for me. I didn't say LDAP was a database. However, the principal usage of LDAP, as far as I can see (by googling for LDAP) is in fact to set up a network address book of some kind. It may be used for other purposes, but they are not really relevant to my enquiry. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php