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Anderson, Hans (hans@marsweb.com)
Wed, 04 Sep 1996 07:20:01 -0700 

Message-Id: <322D9011.1705@marsweb.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 07:20:01 -0700
From: "Anderson, Hans" <hans@marsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [mSQL] w3-msql

Jean-Marc Libs wrote:
>
> > Any hints and comments will be appreciated.
>
> My personnal opinion: you are trying to do CGI programming
> with w3-msql, which is just a simple msql front-end.
> Suggestion: get yourself PHP/FI on www.vex.net/php/
> and do what you want without the need to learn how to CGI program.
> The doc looks daunting at first but it's just because it is much much
> more complete (no undocumented features ). I switched from w3-msql
> to PHP by just using the msql support from PHP at first, and then
> moving to other functions (such as time() ).

I second that. PHP is a great product, and for the time being at least,
has many more functions than w3-msql. It is a bit harder to learn, but
in the long run, it allows you to do so much more. w3-msql is a good
product, too, of course, and promises to get better.
 
Hans Anderson -- Hans Anderson -- M@RSweb
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