Suggestion for cgi-perl script

the100rabh · 11-30-2004, 11:07 PM

Hi I want to know what is better for a guestbook
1) A file based storing
2)Using Access database
3) Storing as HTML File Format Directly

CreativeLogic · 11-30-2004, 11:55 PM

Guestbook would most likely be database I would think? Anyone else agree? I would almost guarentee that html files directly would not be smart but database versus file I'm not sure with perl?

Peter · 12-01-2004, 12:39 AM

yes using a database is the best way in my opinion however on the internet it is ussually mySQL databases not access.

It would be a hell of a headache trying to store it as html as your script would have to rewrite the code everytime.

Flat file is possibility and is ussually used if there is no access to a database

superprogrammer · 12-01-2004, 06:03 AM

PHP with mysql would be best for this

axilant · 12-01-2004, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by superprogrammer

PHP with mysql would be best for this

agreed, look on hotscripts PHP has the most topics/scripts/communities. Easy to get help with php and easy to find hosts that support php, most linux based servers its a garentee that php is installed usually

Perl is harder to install actually, you have to worry about chmoding and such, and a novice web developer cant deal with that, they can deal with php.

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