X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.193]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3611330EF19; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 02:19:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr1.postgresql.org [64.117.224.193]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03056-10; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:19:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4463630D174; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:19:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5N2JKU6015340; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 22:19:20 -0400 (EDT) To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Josh Berkus , Joe Conway , "Advocacy (PostgreSQL)" , PostgreSQL-general Subject: Re: [GENERAL] interesting PHP/MySQL thread In-reply-to: <200306222159.h5MLxT720807@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <200306222159.h5MLxT720807@candle.pha.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Sun, 22 Jun 2003 17:59:29 -0400" Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 22:19:20 -0400 Message-ID: <15339.1056334760@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Archive-Number: 200306/157 X-Sequence-Number: 1369 Bruce Momjian writes: > Interesting thread (php-dev subj: removing bundled libmysql): > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=105621066832429&w=2 Hoo boy. Did you catch the part about >> and the MySQL 3.2.23 >> library can't connect to MySQL 4.1 servers, rendering it broken. Backwards compatibility must not be a consideration over there... > We need to use this opportunity to encourage PHP folks to switch to > PostgreSQL. Indeed. What can we do exactly? regards, tom lane