| Re: Prep. Statements only in mysql-i? [message #177673 is a reply to message #177672] |
Thu, 12 April 2012 18:23   |
M. Strobel
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Registered: December 2011
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Am 12.04.2012 20:08, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
> On 4/12/2012 1:28 PM, M. Strobel wrote:
>> Am 12.04.2012 19:16, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>>> On 4/12/2012 11:22 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>>>> Am 12.04.2012 13:51, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>>>> > On 4/12/2012 6:33 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>>>> >> Am 12.04.2012 00:42, schrieb Alexandra Herzog:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> but my hoster only offers mysql
>>>> >>
>>>> >> It makes me angry to hear this. The mysql drivers were outdated long before the
>>>> >> makers stopped supporting it in 2006.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> /Str.
>>>> >
>>>> > MySQL not supported? Who says? It's the most commonly used database on the web.
>>>> > PostgreSQL and others are way behind in popularity (although I won't get into an
>>>> > argument as to which is "better").
>>>> >
>>>> > Or if you mean the mysql interface vs. mysqli, who says it isn't supported?
>>>>
>>>> mysql interface vs. mysqli. I know the first is old and slower, and the support info
>>>> I just read at http://www.radicore.org/radicore-for-php.php
>>>>
>>>> /Str.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And how do you "know" that? Both end up as calls to mysql_xxxx C functions. The
>>> mysql_xxx calls in PHP are just wrappers to the C functions. The mysqli_xxx calls
>>> have to do a lot more work before calling the appropriate mysql_xxx C functions.
>>>
>>> If the mysqli_xxx calls have to do more work before calling the same functions, how
>>> can they be faster?
>>
>> I admit my arguments are a bit sloppy, one could go more into depth.
>>
>> But true is that mysqli is strongly recommended for MySQL versions 4.1.3 or later,
>> see http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.overview.php
>>
>> And I can't understand why the mysql interface is still advocated by some. Look at
>> the old mysql password format, ridiculous.
>>
>> /Str.
>>
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> The mysql interface has nothing to do with the old mysql password format. Two
> entirely different things.
I still remember something I had to debug in 2006, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/password-hashing.html at
"what you should do if you upgrade your server but need to maintain backward
compatibility with pre-4.1 clients"
I won't write an article on this now.
/Str.
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