tazman — Wed, 12 Jul 2000 05:41:08 +0000

mySQL is a fully feature ANSI SQL compatible database. It is comparable to many mainstream databases and is a GREAT option. If you are looking to have database capability on your site, I HIGHLY recommend it.

I use mySQL on several sites, other than some high level queries and transaction lock capabilities, it is as quick or quicker than some oracle or MS-Sequel databases I have worked with. Perl has the DBI modules to talk to it!!! Cant beat the price or the features IMHO.

As far as helping you to create a form to check taken domain names....no mySQL is just a database. What you are refering to is an program. There are some scripts out there that use the "whois" query to internic (network solutions now). Take a look at http://cgi.resourceindex.com/

for some scripts.

Tazman

[Edited by tazman on 07-12-2000 at 01:44 AM]

abahta — Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:09:31 +0000

MySQL helps organize information on a server. It is good for listing products etc and holding a database.

This would not work with domain checking. There are CGI scripts available that will search open domains, just look for a WHOIS script at http://cgi-resources.com and you should find plenty.

It would be very hard to manage a MySQL database since you would have to enter/update all of the domains. Using a WHOIS script you can connect to the domain servers that already store all this information.

Good luck!