Re: PHP 5.0.0 Beta 1 : alternatives to MySQL?

Hi Stan, No it's not easy like MySql for sure. But it's so feature rich, and really usefull features too, like subselects, views, stored procedures etc.. Managing tables is a bit backwards. Adding fields etc is not nearly as neat as in MySql, but that's where the frontend from my last post does a really nice job. It transparantly creates temp tables to emulate a mysql like Alter table command. So withg that tool it's almost as usable as MySql. I find it a really cool combination. I got my windows version from this mirror, but it's called a "proof of concept" but it worked fine for me. I don't use it for production though, I use a Linux version for that. http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.postgresql.org/binary/v7.3.1/Windows/ HTH, Jeroen Stan Lemon wrote:

Jeroen, Where did you download the binary from? I always have a hard time navigating their web site, it's not like mySQL's, easy, and quick. - Stan Jeroen Houben wrote:

Stan Lemon wrote:

Postgre would hold a possibility if tere was a decent Win32 copy out. I've played with their current release, which you need to cygwin to run, I think I'd rather try compiling PHP w/ mySQL after that experience. It was horrible, no joke. (I would be interested in anyone who has somehow managed to get it wo work.)

I got 7.3 to work on winXP. I don't think I did anything other than run the installer. I use http://ems-hitech.com/pgmanager/ as a frontend, i think it's pretty nice and pretty cheap. Jeroen