Re: Create a Bulletin Board

Oh...Well, learning something new every day. Seriously; I have never been coding against a database. - Richard ""James Atkinson"" <james.atkinson@100world.ca> wrote in message news:GKEDJMJHCLHHPECPGBOMGEHPDBAA.james.atkinson@100world.ca... > I don't know of any PHP bulletin boards that use flat files. I database is > far better for storing data like this anyway. Ever seen a UBB board with > over 1,000,000 posts? Doing a simple search on it crashes the server... > > The next version of phpBB will have support for MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, ODBC > and Oracle. > > - James > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Richard [mailto:oblivion@lunamorena.net] > > Sent: March 20, 2001 3:08 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Create a Bulletin Board > > > > > > Do you know anyone that doesn't use MySQL? I mean, that uses flatfiles? > > > > - Richard > > > > > > ""Yoshi Melrose"" <webmaster@validus.com> wrote in message > > news:032601c0b192$1eaed610$0214a8c0@enterprise... > > > Ahh... that's right, my bad. =) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "James Atkinson" <thefinn@phpbb.com> > > > To: "PHP General List" <php-general@lists.php.net> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:59 PM > > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Create a Bulletin Board > > > > > > > > > > Anyone who wants a threaded discussion board won't be satisfied with > > > phpBB. > > > > It dosan't contain a threaded view and probably never will :) > > > > > > > > - James Atkinson > > > > Lead Developer, phpBB > > > > > > > > > You could also check out phpBB: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.phpbb.com > > > > > > > > Just keep track of a parent message number. You > > should be able > > > > > > > > to use that one field to trace any message back to a root > > message. > > > > > > > > And with that information, you should be able to build a > > "thread". > > > > > > > I concur on that. > > > > > > > > > > > > Good to see it's not just me. :p > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, I am more fond of the UBB/vBulletin style of > > > > > > > threads, personally. > > > > > > > > > > > > UBB style threads? > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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 >