Re: To go or not to go with Sybase?

On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Teodor Cimpoesu wrote: > My dear all, > > I am writing to ask for your "success stories" with PHP3/4+Sybase. > I have a client who insists on not going with MySQL (same old misconceptions > about it) and feels Sybase is more powerful and solid. > > I may agree, but for our job (the web site which uses PHPLIB session support) > and some very simple queries (but numerous) I feel I would go with MySQL. > > I have not much experience with Sybase, but I remember there was a poor > support on it *compared* with MySQL, regarding bug fixes and such. > > I would like to hear from those who can say "we use it in production, and > are very happy, serving n thousands clients/day". > > If I want to be persuasive, what would be the top 3 arguments of MySQL vs. > Sybase, to be used with PHP4 (I hope to convince them least for PHP4). > > Thank you in advance. > > -- teodor > MySQL is a lot more efficient than Sybase for queries. In its basic form it lacks subqueries, triggers, stored procedures and transactions. Of those, transactions are probably the most vital for anything less than enterprise-level tasks, but there are versions of MySQL out there that support them. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>