X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.193]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A6EA30F5A2 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:07:03 +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 61726-10 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:06:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from krusty-motorsports.com (krusty-motorsports.com [192.94.170.8]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E73230F59F for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:06:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [24.194.112.77] (helo=skipper.averillpark.net) by krusty-motorsports.com with asmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.14) id 19UIbQ-0007ns-Hz for pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:06:48 +0000 Received: from rwelty by skipper.averillpark.net with local (Exim 4.14) id 19UIYq-0004dX-8l for pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:04:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:04:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Richard Welty Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] interesting PHP/MySQL thread To: PostgreSQL-general MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: INLINE References: <200306222159.h5MLxT720807@candle.pha.pa.us> <15339.1056334760@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20030623032251.GA27826@dcc.uchile.cl> <16073.1056340630@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <16073.1056340630@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Mailer: Mahogany 0.64 'Sparc', compiled for Linux 2.4.9-13 i686 Message-Id: X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . X-Archive-Number: 200306/1425 X-Sequence-Number: 44353 On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:57:10 -0400 Tom Lane wrote: > I'd be happy if PHP would adopt a database-neutral stance, ie, nothing > in particular bundled into their core distribution. That might not be > compatible with their project goals though. Anyone have a feeling about > how important it is to them to have bundled DB support? i'm not really a member of the "php community", but i have used it quite a lot, and the database features are a key component, they're a big part of why you use php. i'd think that having some db support bundled in their core is very important to them. richard -- Richard Welty rwelty@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security