Re: Perl site - Elementary question


"Brian Wakem" <no@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> kejoseph@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> I want to setup a "quick and dirty" site which grabs information from
>>> users (in a form having 8-10 fields) and dumps it to a database.
>>>
>>
>> If you mean a "real" database like MySQL (as opposed to appending info
>> to a textfile, sometimes loosely called a "database") then you have a
>> whole new area of programming to be 'overwhelmed' with.
>
>
> Technically a flatfile database *is* a database, as a database is simply
> where the info is stored. A 'real' database like MySQL is actually a
> database management system, which ultimately stores everything in a file,
> which is the 'database'.
>

And there are people who would argue that MySQL is not a "real" database...
: )

Matt


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