[linux-help] Re: Linux Apps

[Greg House <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you don't need support for transactions (or a couple of other minor
limitations), MySQL performs better behind Apache then PostgreSQL

Greg


On Thu, 07 Dec 2000, you wrote:
> If you want to have web based applications, I would recommend looking
> at PHP with Apache and Postgres. I have started to do some development
> with it and I have been pretty impressed with the performance and ease
> of programming. I think there might be a few security issues that one
> would have to consider. Also, web applications do have some
> limitations, so it depends on what you need.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:29:10PM +0000, Lars von dem Ast wrote:
> > 
> > I'm working for a local government now, and we desperately need a SQL 
> > presence with powerful client front-ends. We need all kinds of data 
> > managed, so it will be a serious undertaking. I'm thinking of Postgres 
> > for the SQL, but I don't know what to use for the client end. I once 
> > worked at SouthWind, and they used a combination of Postgres and Perl/Tk 
> > for a customer service app (done by J. Goerzen as I recall). But I'm in 
> > a total MS environment that is running Citrix/NT Terminal. I've also 
> > thought of Java--probably the easiest solution--but I'd like to stay 
> > pure open source if possible. There'll be a lot of Web serving with 
> > Apache, too. Can really serious data management happen with Web pages 
> > alone? Remember, this is a situation that would normally be handled by 
> > SQL Server and Visual Basic. Any ideas for a pure open source path?
> > 
> > L
> > 
> > 
> > 
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