On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 13:12, David Cary Hart wrote: > > > > Could someone please recommend a nice and well documented database > > program for a person who has never used a database? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > You haven't stated your goals. There are two parts. > > A. I find the simplest and fastest DB to be MySQL. Those are pretty short-term and limited goals. I'd guess finding one that handles standard sql and had the least restrictive license might be more important. > B. There are only four or five PHP functions that you need to learn to create > browser based queries. It is surprisingly simple. Do one and you have a > template that you can use over and over again. Likewise, if you use php you are fairly restricted in what you can do. Perl would be a more general interface. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
