KarenArt — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 13:51:56 +0000

Thanks so much for the advice Busy!
Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you.

I am working on making some test pages to learn how to really work with MSQL. Ahhhh... more learning.

Busy — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 22:20:16 +0000

You might want to check with your host first. A lot of web hosts don't allow flat file db as they suck up so much recources.
MYSQL for both is better IMO, for one it gives you practice, two the contents can be compressed (even less file space used), three, is faster and four, if you did use flat file and it got to big, you'd have to swap over anyways.
Think BIG

Thank you!

KarenArt — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:06:54 +0000

Thank you so much for the advice!
I didn't even think of XML. I'll definately be looking into that now.

I've got sooooooo much to learn about databases... any help is very appreciated!

WebsiteDistrict — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:59:47 +0000

You're in the right direction.

While for smaller sites a flat file would be good if you are not expecting it to grow that much. The safest way is to use XML though if you don't want to use MySQL. That way, in case the site grows it would be easy to migrate the data stored in it to a database and convert the site to a fully DB driven website.

Wish you luck...