> -----Original Message----- > From: afan@xxxxxxxx [mailto:afan@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:39 PM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: php and DB2 > > hi to all, > my IT director got an idea to replace mysql with DB2. more > "power/flexibility/stability/security..." > though, for our needs, I think mysql is just fine and enough. the business > we are doing is promotional products and all online orders we have are > ONLY from our sales people. with 200-300 orders per day and averge of 5 > items per order I think we really don't need that replacement. > though, don't know how php works with DB2 (assuming same quality as with > mysql). > > can anybody give me some ideas and "reasons" to present to boss to NOT > replace mysql with DB2? > > thanks. > > -afan > I don't know how close the syntax between MySQL and DB2 is, but I suspect you're looking at quite a bit of rewrite. Unless your application was written specifically to work with either, I doubt it will simply be a matter of plugging in a new database. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
