pmwilson515 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Im new to php, and i do not have a database to store secured files... and that brings to me to, what is a good free database to use?is there such a thing as a free database that will secure my files... what im trying to do is make a website for my father's friend, he owns a motorcycle shop and wants to spread his business to the internet...and I need to make an order form, I haven't started actually making anything yet so its not on the internet, but it should be shortly, but i don't really want to start without knowing what im doing using php and a database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Sounds like MySQL would work perfectly for you. There are of course other things though: SQLite, PostgreSQL, flat files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmwilson515 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 Sounds like MySQL would work perfectly for you. There are of course other things though: SQLite, PostgreSQL, flat files. isn't MySql starting to charge for their services now?.... But I found Microsoft Sql 2005 Express, would that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Sounds like MySQL would work perfectly for you. There are of course other things though: SQLite, PostgreSQL, flat files. isn't MySql starting to charge for their services now?.... But I found Microsoft Sql 2005 Express, would that work? I don't know where you heard that at. After all, on their website it boldly states at the top: The world's most popular open source database They do charge for support/enterprise features, but not for the normal everyday use edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 MSSQL 2005 Express is free, but it has limit (2GB DB limit is quite large....). Also, it won't run under any operating system that isn't a version of Windows. (By the way, why would you choose 05 over 08? Not saying one is better as I have no idea. Just curious.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmwilson515 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 I don't really know to be honest, it really don't matter what database, as long as it serves its purpose, but is there a data limit for MySQL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeah there is - but it's a ridiculous number, like 4 billion rows (not limited by data size) per table. I don't think you'd really have to worry about that. I'd seriously suggest looking into MySQL, it's one of the most popular database systems to use with PHP. If you ever get stuck using it, I doubt you'd run out of places to look for help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmwilson515 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 ok, well seeing as the storage size is awesome, i will be using MySQL then, i probably will be on here on a later date if i need help for coding, because as of now i know absolutely nothing about php other than its a server-siding scripting langauge, and its used with a database, is there anything else i will need for making an order form? i already have adobe cs3 for all ther other needs of making the order form, i as of now have the MySQL installer which will be installed on the computer i will be using along with the php installer just in case its not already installed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 For ease, you can look into LAMP, WAMP, or XAMPP. All will install apache, mysql, and php all at once Also, take a look at some PHP IDE's. They can really make coding a lot easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmwilson515 Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 will do...thank for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q695 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 mark this as solved, since you had your questions solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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