Posted by Richard Brooks on 10/21/07 16:04

Jerry Stuckle said the following on 20/10/2007 14:22:
> Richard Brooks wrote:
>> Does anyone here open a second MySQL database and use that as a
>> straight IDX type file that points to the record number in the main
>> database, for speed's sake?
>>
>> Some time ago I'd set up a standard php login routine and hit a brick
>> wall as then found out that my host didn't allow external login's (at
>> that time) with MySQL (true!) so I got around it by writing a random
>> access database with separate IDX files for username and passwords for
>> cross-referencing.
>>
>> Things have all changed and the php/MySQL setup is as standard, so I
>> have to rewrite the checking routines which leaves me to wonder if
>> others use a second MySQL database as an Index file for any reason or
>> is it all fast enough using one database?
>>
>> Or even, is there any point changing at all?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>>
>> Richard.
>>
>
> And what does this have to do with PHP? If you want a good answer about
> MySQL, try a MySQL newsgroup - such as comp.databases.mysql. That's
> where the MySQL experts hang out, not here.

Well, I've got my whole system written in MySQL-less PHP! Would that
help? And I would not believe that php'ers never even think of dabbling
in MySQL.

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