From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 2 18:46:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA18275 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:46:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from devsys.jaguNET.com (devsys.jaguNET.com [206.156.208.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA18223 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:46:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@jaguNET.com) Received: (from jim@localhost) by devsys.jaguNET.com (8.9.1/jag-2.4) id VAA21027; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 21:45:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Jagielski Message-Id: <199809030145.VAA21027@devsys.jaguNET.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Apache and databases To: walton@nordicdms.com Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 21:45:24 -0400 (EDT) Cc: dan@ns1.wolf.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: jim@jaguNET.com In-Reply-To: <19980903003242.22530.qmail@modgud.nordicdms.com> from "Dave Walton" at Sep 2, 98 05:32:42 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dave Walton wrote: > > On 2 Sep 98, at 15:21, Dan Mahoney wrote: > > > > OK, so back to the original question. How do I do it? > > > > Install the Mysql-Perl module and write CGI's or SSI's (or > > use modperl - best solution) to acccess your goodies. I've > > got an entire newspaper classified advertising system running > > this way. Or if you're ambitious, put together some pages with > > PHP/FI. > > That's funny. I would have said just the opposite. I've found PHP > (www.php.net) to be far easier to use than mod_perl. I suppose it's > a matter of taste... > I suspect that the use of "PHP/FI" is the clue. PHP3 is mucho improved and makes access to mysql (et al) much nicer and very straightforward. -- =========================================================================== Jim Jagielski ||| jim@jaguNET.com ||| http://www.jaguNET.com/ "That's no ordinary rabbit... that's the most foul, cruel and bad-tempered rodent you ever laid eyes on" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message