Re: MySQL - Howto
"Jody Harris" <[email protected]>
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Looks like you have two large user groups to draw from. I've spent a lot of time in MySQL. Apparently there are some other mySQL users here as well. It also appears that you have a large Postgres user base here to draw from. You're in a win, win situation! jody On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 4:37 PM, andres <andres-pMggkaTgBv1Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote: > I'll second the posgres thing, > > 1./ if you are about to start fresh learning a sql, you have no > disadvantages, as it's easier to lear mysql after postgres than the > other way arround. > > 2./ postgres seems to be still better, (I never run a benchmark myself) > but when it gets to experts, they are mostly inclined towards postgres > > 3./ with postgres you have no license limits, with mysql there's some > > > On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 16:44 -0700, Matthew Bowie wrote: > > +1 for PostgreSQL. > > > > You can use many different front ends for entering data (from Windows > > or Linux), and use the ODBC drivers to load the data into Excel for > > reporting/charting/etc. > > > > Matthew > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Chris McMahon > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm fond of PostgreSQL. You might like these functions available: > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/tablefunc.html > > > -Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Tim Emerick <timothyemerick-/[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've been using MS Excel's Pivot Tables for years to analyze large chunks of data. I'm getting to the point where my data is getting to be more lines than Excel can handle. I'm thinking it's time to actually learn a DBMS and some SQL. Of course I would like to go towards MySQL but it's a little intimidating. > > > > > > > > Can anybody offer some books or websites that might offer some help? I'm not sure where I want to end up but I know that I want to eventually keep a repository of approximately 470,000 records per year and be able to generate various reports. Mind you, I'm not a programmer in any sense of the word. Would love if I could use Excel Pivot Tables as the reporting tool with MySQL as the back end. > > > > > > > > LAMP? Ruby on Rails? phpMyAdmin? Something else? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > NMLUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.b9.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nmlug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NMLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.b9.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nmlug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NMLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.b9.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nmlug > > _______________________________________________ > NMLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.b9.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nmlug > -- http://www.opendiscipleship.org/ http://www.RealizationSystems.com/ -- start communicating http://www.GalacticSlacker.com/ -- read it and weep _______________________________________________ NMLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.b9.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nmlug