As far as I can tell, MySQL is usually bundled because of it's orignis - PHP was meant to be a lightweight, easy to use scripting language for personal projects, and MySQL complemented this by being a lightweight, fast database server. It didn't need to be enterprise strength, because 95% of PHP sites at the time were simple blogs; They were personal sites developed by individuals. Also at the time, PostgreSQL didn't run natively on Windows - You had to use an emulation layer such as cygwin, and was a headache for anyone with little *nix experience (i.e most individuals writing personal sites). Hence MySQL, with it's Windows installer and easier maintainance, won out. On 12/12/05, Sho Cki <shocki2003@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree you have a better control over your software when you know it well > and install it yourself. > > I'll take a look to WAMP. I'm just wondering why MySQL is the standard DB > server coming along with PHP and Apache in this kind of package. PostgreSQL > seems to me much more powerfull. > > Anyway. Thank you very much for your advices! > > Cheers > > Neil Saunders <n.j.saunders@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > I agree with your point, but am still of the opinion that setting up > your own configuration will be reclaimed down the line when you need > to change your configuration, and you have that extra bit of > familiarity. If you still want to go down the package route, there are > plenty of *free* equivilants to this, it's just that most don't > include PostgreSQL. > > Try something like WAMP: > http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php > > And then install PostgreSQL using the Windows installer - It doesn't > get much easier than that! > > Best of luck! > > On 12/12/05, Sho Cki wrote: > > Thank you Neil for your answer. > > > > > > You're right I can save 29$ by installing all the stuff myself. But as I > > don't like spending hours putting all together I was curious to know if it > > does the work well. > > > > I see it like a commercial Linux distribution: I buy the distribution even > > if it relies on free software because otherwise it would be too long time > > for me. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger > > Téléchargez le ici ! > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger > Téléchargez le ici ! > >
