Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/02/06 14:24

no.mail.pls wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> Thanks for all the responses. i have never used mysql usenet groups, so i
> just popped in to take a look, and found that they are at least an order
> less popular than the php groups. On my ISP, i found the following number of
> posts for these groups:
>
> comp.lang.php - 22296 posts
> comp.databases.mysql - 1067 posts
> alt.comp.databases.mysql - 128 posts
>
> i know it is a poor excuse for posting here though, but it is kind of you
> folks to reply.
>
> The huge difference in the number of posts sets me wondering... is it much
> easier to use SQL than PHP, and so there is nothing much to discuss? Or are
> there some other reasons?
>
>
> cheers
>
> "Geoff Muldoon" <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1e7138c53cab4fab989775@news.readfreenews.net...
>
>>bosconian@planetx.com says...
>>
>>
>>>>because i believe that most folks who use PHP
>>>>will also be using mysql.
>>>
>>>I'm with you. PHP and MySQL are virtually joined at the hip. Look no
>>>further
>>>than www.opensourcecms.com for proof.
>>
>>And yet here I sit churning away on PHP/AdoDB/Oracle ...
>>
>>comp.databases.mysql is far better for straight MySQL advice.
>>
>>Geoff M
>
>
>

Number of posts doesn't mean anything. I can point you to some usenet
groups which have a lot of posts, but aren't worth visiting because so
few of those posts are on topic.

In the case of comp.database.mysql, it's a relatively new newsgroup so
it doesn't have the history this one does. And every post on there is
about MySQL.

Most posts here are about PHP.

Asking MySQL questions in a PHP group is like getting brain surgery at
McDonalds because "more people go there".

Ask in the right group and you'll get better answers.

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