Re: MySQL

[tony <tonyski@xxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone have this type of setup (webten, mysql on a sparc(or other)) running?  Please contact me off-list if you're willing to answer a few questions.

Thanks,

Tony

> I'm getting the hang of perl cgi's with webten. 
> Now I'm ready to start using scripts that use
> MySQL.
> A script that I have requires....
>
> A MySQL database.
> Module DBI and DBD::mysql installed on the server.
> For MySQL database authentication mod_auth_mysql.
>
> Where do I get them?  And do they work well with
> WebTen?
> --
> That's not quite accurate. MySql is a
> separate application, an open source database application, and WebTen
> *can* interact with it via CGI (script).
>
> MySQL does not run on Mac OS 8 or 9, so
> it needs to be run on an OS that it is made for - Mac OS X, Linux,
> Solaris, Windows NT, etc.
>
> WebTen supports it just fine as long as
> the MySQL database itself is running on an appropriate platform. What
> you need on the WebTen side of things, is some kind of CGI that lets
> the server talk to the database. PHP is often used for this, but other
> options can be used as well.
> --
>     Stephanie J.
> Wright

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