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Re: Zip code database?



 On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:56:05, John Chambers <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 
> | On Jan 1, 2008 3:58 PM,  <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> | > I don't think I need to rant as my opinion of MySQL is well known by now. :-) 
> | 
> | You use what ya got :-P 
> 
> Or, using the currently-popular meme, you code for the database 
> you have, not for the database you want. 
> 

If you're coding in PHP (not sure about other languages) use Pear DB, 
MDB or MDB2.  It makes it easier to make your db code portable across 
many DB backends.  I've written a few PHP apps with MDB2 and been able 
to use the code with MySQL and Postgresql databases. 


-- 
-matt 

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