Re: File system or MySQL ?

I would guess that file access is faster, try it out. write a simple app that will write data to a file, close it, open it write it etc. compare this to same on a db. every computer every server is differnet, test to see what is fast on your system. thats ultimitly the most importnat no? that it runs fast on *your* system not someones in nowheres land. A db I think would be easier to access, search, etc. I think personally I would use a db. just for convienince sake. lets say on your chat program a user want to ignore 'updatelee' with a db your looking at a simple select statment, in a file, oi, headache. -- Chris Lee Mediawaveonline.com ph. 250.377.1095 ph. 250.376.2690 fx. 250.554.1120 lee@mediawaveonline.com ""Marian Vasile"" <marian@investments.ro> wrote in message news:NEBBIPDOFNDEMCBEPEHEAEPMGOAA.marian@investments.ro... What is faster for a chat php software ? To use a file for write or to use a MySQL database ? Marian Vasile IT Manager Schnecker van Wyk & Pearson www.investments.ro -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net