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<sect1 id="Database">
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<title>Database</title>
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<para>
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Most databases are supported under Linux, including Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Informix, MySQL, PostgreSQL,
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InterBase and Paradox. Databases, and the Structures Query Language they work with, are complex, and this
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chapter has neither the space or depth to deal with them. Read the next section on PHP to learn how to set
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a dynamically generated Web portal in about five minutes.
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We'll be using MySQL because it's extremely fast, capable of handling large databases (200G databases aren't
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unheard of), and has recently been made open source. It also works well with PHP. While currently
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lacking transaction support (due to speed concerns), a future version of MySQL will have this opt
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</para>
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* Connecting to MS SQL 6.x+ via Openlink/PHP/ODBC mini-HOWTO
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* Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere for Linux HOWTO
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</sect1>
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