RE: database

>
> >
> > am I correct in assuming that you need Apache to be running to work
with
> > MySQL?
> >
>
> No. MySQL is completely independent.
>
> There is a very large and still fast growing field of development,
LAMP:
> Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. http://www.onlamp.com/ The tools work
very
> well together, and will for a very long time since development of all
> these is geared toward working together AND working with as many other
> protocols as possible. For instance, I worked on a project that
included
> a DB2 database, which PHP could interface through an ODBC driver
provided
> by IBM. So it was a part LAMP and part LA[db2]P website. Since this
is
> Linux goodness, you can also write cron jobs that run php on the
command
> line, e-mail users, automatically submit e-mails into a MySQL table,
> whatever.
>
> I also highly recommend http://safari.oreilly.com/ .
>
> --Alexander


I personally recommend PostgreSQL over MySQL as well, I failed to
mention this earlier. I would also recommend using something like PEAR
to abstract the accesses to the database so that you can plug different
database servers into the back of your scripts.

Alex

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