[snip] I'm looking for some examples of sites that are purely MySQL and PHP running on Unix and that contain a few thousand records preferably held in relational databases.
Rationale: I need to justify PHP as a tool of choice over say vb.net or Oracle. My recommendation, despite my limited knowledge of MySQL and PHP is that even if we have 10-15 databases holding upwards of 10,000 records each PHP and MySQL are the tools of choice and I doubt that there are any functions missing that you'd find in VB.Net. I could be wrong and if so, please let me know. [/snip] We do not have any external sites that can be looked at, but we have several internal apps on Linux and BSD boxes, all running MySQL and PHP. Our largest application processes an average of 1.2 million records per day with the database currently holding nearly 350 million (350,000,000) records. One of the tables in this database contains 180,000,000+ records. Each of the tables in this particular database are configured to be able to hold 1 billion records if required. (DON'T FORGET TO PROPERLY INDEX LARGE TABLES!) We use PHP to process those records for use in various systems throughout the company as well as providing reporting mechanisms on those records. PHP has proven to be a reliable and effective tool for creating applications where ditribution to hundreds of users is required and rapid roll out is a necessity. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
