Which ever you use, if you have a web server on a machine on your lan running PHP, then you should install either phpMyAdmin or phpPgAdmin. These web-based tools are excellent for general development and administration. They don't do everything and are not totally bug free -- but they make life a lot eaiser. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Ungerleider" <jack at jacku.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] PostgreSQL Advocacy (was Re: <TROLL> (was ...)) > On Wednesday 07 November 2001 14:27, you wrote: > > So for someone who wants to learn relational database concepts (with no > > background other than M$ Access) and wants to learn PHP as well, would you > > recommend PostgreSQL over MySQL? I was planning to focus on using MySQL > > with PHP and Apache, would PostgreSQL be a better way to start? I'm very > > unfamiliar with these database technologies at the moment and would welcome > > any feedback. > > > > Personally I like postgresql. But as others have said there is a lot more > PHP+MySQL stuff out there than PostgreSQL anything. As far as I know Bruce > Momjan book is still the only PostgreSQL book out, though some others are due > RSN. So if you want to do this with a book in hand MySQL may be the way to > go. > > That said if you are used to Access and want to "convert" your apps from > Access to one or the other, I've found postgres a little simpler for this > task. Mostly because if you have hard relationships in your Access app you > can implement them with Postgres. I know the most recent version of MySQL was > supposed to add support for this kind of thing but I haven't used it in a > while and when I last tried it wasn't possible. > > -- > Jack Ungerleider > jack at jacku.com > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >