PHP vs ASP
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Topic: PHP vs ASP
Posted By: Amaury
Subject: PHP vs ASP
Date Posted: 23 November 2003 at 11:30am
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Hello Members, I run an ecommerce and currently using ASP with an Access Database. I am looking to upgrade to another database like MSSQL or MySQL. I would like to know which system is best PHP or ASP? How friendly is the system to transfer from one programmer to the next? What are the advantages and disadvantages to either one? Which one will provide the quickest download time etc.? What is your overall experience with PHP and/or ASP? Thanks |
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Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 23 November 2003 at 11:58am
| Neither ASP.NET, but weve already had the convosation on the early pages of 'the neverending thread?!?'. |
Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 23 November 2003 at 12:02pm
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Posted By: harris
Date Posted: 23 November 2003 at 3:43pm
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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 23 November 2003 at 4:13pm
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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 25 November 2003 at 10:06am
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MySQL is a good database, but it doesn't really compare to MS SQL Server. MySQL is not yet a full RDBMS, which MS SQL Server is. This is a major issue for data integrity. With MS SQL Server you are guaranteed data integrity if you design properly. i.e. You can't relate tables in MySQL. This isn't too important for a lot of applications though. Stored procs are also a nice thing to have especially when you need to do some heavier lifting.
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Posted By: zMaestro
Date Posted: 25 November 2003 at 4:28pm
woow, how could you find it |
Mart wrote:
Posted By: zMaestro
Date Posted: 25 November 2003 at 4:30pm
since you are upgrading, why converting to PHP or even ASP.NET, just upgrade from MSAccess to MSSql, i think a few lines of code to be changed, and it is done. |
Posted By: Amaury
Date Posted: 25 November 2003 at 5:03pm
| THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR VALUABLE INSIGHT! I greatly appreciate it. |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 3:50am
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What language you use depends on what server you are on. If you are using a Windows web server then use ASP with MS SQL Server is far faster and work together better. If you are on a Unix server than PHP and mySQL is faster and work together better. MS SQL Server is far supperior to mySQL and can handle database sizes of many 1000's of gigs which would simply crash mySQL. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 26 November 2003 at 9:25am
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Posted By: htoml
Date Posted: 27 November 2003 at 4:39pm
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Ok simply PHP hosting is cheap and wide spread and obviously not microsoft. PHP its self is easyer to use i tried ASP then went for PHP. PHP is more powerful because with the whole world able to put in there own lil add ons its got greater potential than the MS Monkey Programmers core and finaly the less u support microsoft the more likely microsoft will improve there software ------------- Tom :o) Have a nice day now |
Posted By: theSCIENTIST
Date Posted: 28 November 2003 at 6:14am
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If you are using ASP already, I suggest you to continue, simply upgrate to MySQL or MSSQL, with MySQL you need the ODBC connector available at http://www.mysql.com - www.mysql.com if you don't feel like using ODBC, you'll find some free drivers out there for direct communication with MySQL, MySQL is very good, and if you are using Access databases I don't think you have 1000's of gigs of data WHICH MYSQL SUPPORTS, for data integrety try InnoDB type tables which are fault tolerant, but the server needs to have enough memory. Otherwise use the default MyISAM type tables also good and not memory hungry. I've been using ASP/MySQL for quite some time and couldn't be happier, the next major release of MySQL (5.0) will support stored procedures. It's so easy to use and manage MySQL, that after you use it, you would be asking yourself why have you not done so before. Better than that would be ASP.NET and MSSQL. I don't use PHP because I do well with ASP/ASP.NET and only manage Windows servers, PHP is not better than ASP/ASP.NET it's just more focused to L/Unix servers. |
Posted By: htoml
Date Posted: 28 November 2003 at 12:40pm
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yeh but if ur new then I suggest usin the PHP/ MySQL mix as all it costs u is the price of a PHP book and a MySQL book! ------------- Tom :o) Have a nice day now |