On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you're running an old version of MS SQL Server then I really would > suggest moving to MySQL if you're able. I had huge problems at work with > an older version of the MSSQL software, as it was missing really basic > things like limiting output to a range of queries (I got forced to use > the MSSQL TOP command and three nested queries instead) and UTF-8 > character support is poor. I also had problems with the text limitation, > as we switched a site from ColdFusion to PHP and apparently both were > using different drivers! > > > Ash Funny you should suggest that. We just moved the last few sites off of MySQL because all of our commercial apps use SQL Server and we wanted to centralize on one platform rather than running both. I've never had issues with SQL Server 2000 on sites where I used ASP. I know it doesn't have MySQL's LIMIT, so you do get into jumping through hoops to get the same functionality. I haven't had any trouble with storing UTF-8 data, but I have had to watch very carefully whether I used the regular CHAR/VARCHAR/TEXT or NCHAR/NVARCHAR/NTEXT. (We also have a commercially written site that uses ColdFusion - I'm much less than impressed and can't wait until it gets replaced.) Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
