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(MySQL) What version is best and where to find it?
Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 2:22 pm
by BlazinSpitfireX
Hey again. I finaly am all set to make a forum and I come across the problem of finding what verion of SQL is best, where to find it, and how much is it. I did do research before comin to ya'll and I still can't find the info I want. I went to SQL homepage and read the whole damn tutorial (one day wasted) and it didn't do anything for me. This would help alot and i'm happy with any help I can get. Thanks, later.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 2:27 pm
by Unipus
Are you asking what version of SQL is best, or what version of MySQL is best? There's a big difference.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 2:46 pm
by BlazinSpitfireX
Theres a diffrence?...I really don't know servers. The one best for hosting a small PHP forum, which ever that my be.
Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 3:18 pm
by delorian
SQL -> Structured Query
Language
MySQL is Relational Database
Management System http://mysql.com
Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 4:03 pm
by BlazinSpitfireX
thanks

. sept now I need to figure out how to upload the forum archive. I open the WinMySQLAdmin and then...*confused*. Any help is appreciated. Thanks again.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 1:35 pm
by Unipus
There's a lot of different SQLs. MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, etc. For a small project like this, MySQL should be fine. A lot of people are now prefering the equally free Postgre for more ambitious projects.
To answer your question, it would be helpful if your archive file was in the form of an SQL schema. Then you could just copy and paste the commands into MySQL and watch it go.
Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 2:13 pm
by patrikG
Why not have a database abstraction layer (or database wrapper) which would make you DB-independent? PEAR::DB is certainly up to the job, and adoDB more than that.