mysql

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Ted Ozolins wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 06:29, Net Llama! wrote:
>
> >
> > i realize that this doesn't solve your problem at all, but postgreSQL is
> > an order of magnitude easier to setup & admin than mysql, in my
> > experience.  unless you really, really need mysql, i'd suggest using
> > postgreSQL (which is far more mature & full featureed anyway).
> >
>
> Your probably right. I have mysql playing fairly well now but I'm not
> impressed. Nothing should have been that deficult to setup. Now I'll
> have to fight with apache/php and php-nuke. I've setup apache to start
> at boot-up and that works nicely. I have mod_php installed (as well as
> php) yet when I point my browser (mozilla) at localhost and at
> anything.php I get a screen full of php script rather than the expected
> web_page. Way_more_RTFM'n ahead<G> I'm sure I've overlooked some setup
> feature somewhere.

this is relatively simple to fix.  you need to edit httpd.conf so that it
interprets php, rather than just dumping it to screen.  Some fast
Googling should provide the exact solution.

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