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"MySQL"

When are we going to see the lovely people of SR add this to their webspace?

I for one would love it, as we already enjoy SSI, CGI, Php and MySQL would be the next step I feel adding much more programming ability to our sites to make ours potentially the best on the web.

Is there a possibility of this in the near future as I plan to upgrade my gaming site and the inclusion of MySQL would dramatically improve the look and funtionalty of my site and Im sure many others.

So can we have it and when :)

There is a PHP Script out there somewhere, PHP_MySQL__Admin, or something like that, which lets people create there own Databases and manage them and everything. Freedom2Surff had it, and it was pretty good. Freeola could use that for use to manage it, plus with maybe a little customizing they could incorporate the look into the current Freeola Control Panel one.

It would be nice to have access to one, as I would like to expand my skills in that area.

The MySQL server isn't exactly resource hungry in itself...

I guess the problems from SR's point of view is the admin side of it. If they offer MySQL, they have to take time to set up DBs for people (or write some sort of admin system to handle it), they need to provide support for it in terms of answering user queries, making sure the server is running correctly, monitoring usage (people with DBs that are too big, using them for inappropriate means etc.) and so on.
As they say, time is money and this is essentially a free service so perhaps its not worth it to them.

-G

Yes, MySQL is free, same as PHP. The expensive bit is the hardware to run it - I think to host multiple users requires hefty hardware.

Chris.

Yeah so come on all express ur interest :)

Yeah, PHP is all FREE. Freeola just download it and instal it, and use users can use it, dones't cost them anything :o). I thought MySQL was the same.

You should use Freeola then, you'll get the cgi-bin still, but unlimited space, and PHP. And if this works , MySQL :o)

I don't even think php is free, I want a host with it, best i've got so far is a cgi-bin for free (not freeola) but that website gives me 25Mb but doesn't show my images.

Oh, for the name, is that all. Well, I was going to just use Chris, but that was taken so just stuck my initials for a name instead. It's only a Forum after all. But little bit of subject here, don't you think. lol.

Maybe your right about the cost of MySQL, but I was always under the impression it was a freeebie like PHP was.

Andy, is there any other reasons for Tony saying no???

Doesn't have to make up a name for SR, think of all the other people like TomUK :) must have taken him a while to think of that, I was surprised to see thats your real name cjh, but hey.

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I think if Freeola used Mysql they'd be a damn fine host, shame you can't log onto them with Broadband.
Pretty sure Mysql isn't cheap to run though, so they'd more than likely need to charge for it.

cjh? cj haig? no imagination!!

Whooo! wrote: CJH, you are soooo unimaginative!


ok, meaning what exactly???