Jason Wong wrote:
I want LAFP but LAPP seems still to be more popular on Linux.
WHY does everybody run lemming like after MySQL. It STILL has to catch up with the better FREE database engines ;)
It depends on your needs. For simple storage of data (involving few relationships) then MySQL is more than sufficient and a tried and tested solution. This probably covers the vast majority of the data storage needs of web apps. No sense in going for a DB with features you're never ever going to use and is probably slower to boot.
Ever tried?
I have always used Interbase and now Firebird. It has useful things like triggers and stored procedures. These are implemented in the database engine, so do not need all the miles of additional code I find in many MySQL examples that are provided.
Firebird is a perfect complement to PHP and allows me to scrap or simplify PHP pages because the engine takes care of the business rules of managing data.
SQLite is a different matter and the obvious new base for beginners, but for real applications ...
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