David Cary Hart wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:41:36 +0000
Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> opined:
On 1/29/06, David Cary Hart <Fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Could someone please recommend a nice and well documented database
program for a person who has never used a database?
You haven't stated your goals. There are two parts.
A. I find the simplest and fastest DB to be MySQL.
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.
I only want a database for managing my own data, and I do not intend
to access it from Internet.
Correct. But if you put the database on a machine running httpd, you can manage
the database, run reports, etc. from your web browser. I find this approach
much faster and simpler than installing a front end like rek
A very good stock program to get you started is phpmyadmin.
There is a similar application for Postgresql, phpPgAdmin. You can run a
demo at:
http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/?page=demo
Even if you don't intend to web enable your database this also gives
you an opportunity
to check out Postgresql without installing it.
Regards
Uno Engborg
