[thelist] SQL Server 2000 or mySQL?

Zara Gonzalez zara at zarprey.com
Wed Jul 17 12:54:01 CDT 2002


I'm coming into this discussion late, and well, I'm probably slightly off
topic, but there *IS* a way to use MS SQL with  apache/php it just takes 2
boxes (one windows, one linux) and a great little program called freeTDS.
(www.freetds.org)

not neccesarily the way to go for everyone, but if you want to use MS SQL
and you have an extra box to install windows on, it's not too bad to set
up.

Zara


On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Dan Romanchik wrote:

> I'm not the most sophisticated user, but I've worked on websites that use
> SQL Server and websites that use MySQL. From my perspective, both seem to
> work just fine. That being the case, I'm not sure why you'd' want to spend
> the money on SQL Server, especially given Microsoft's licensing contracts.
>
> (In fact, I'm not sure why you'd want your box to run Win2K instead of
> Linux/Apache, but that's another discussion.)
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Kogler" <ken.kogler at cph.org>
> To: "thelist" <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:49 AM
> Subject: [thelist] SQL Server 2000 or mySQL?
>
>
> > I'm going to be getting a DSL line and moving my websites from a hosting
> > provider (Win2K/SQL2000) to my own dedicated Win2K boxen. I've got the
> > licensing all squared away, except for my db server.
> >
> > Is SQL Server 2000 really worth the money, or is mySQL running on Win2K a
> > reasonable alternative (especially given it's price)?
> >
> > SQL is SQL, so I shouldn't have to worry about changing my code if I
> switch
> > to mySQL, right? I don't think I'm using MS-proprietary SQL in anything...
> >
> > Thoughts/arguments/flames? :)
> >
> > --ken
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