Re: Why would you use MySQL with PHP instead of the native DB2 with PHP on iSeries -- WEB400

Subject: Re: Why would you use MySQL with PHP instead of the native DB2 with PHP on iSeries
From: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:27:33 -0800 (PST)
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From: Shannon ODonnell
The subject line of the email sums up the question:

My inclination would be to run benchmark queries and updates against both. I give quite a bit of weight to performance.

I don't give much weight to cross-platform capability. Sounds good in theory, but for small companies, it's a really good way to overextend one's resources - unless the application is narrowly scoped.

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Re: Why would you use MySQL with PHP instead of the native DB2 with PHP on iSeries , Pete Helgren

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