Articles and tutorials regarding PostgreSQL http://www.troobloo.com/tech/postgres.shtml en-us http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/kevin20010314.php3 Kevin Kemp I have read several posts and noticed the large number of questions about Postgres so I decided to start from the beginning on how to get a PostgreSQL Database up and running. I am also going to try to cover some of the most common questions about startup and configuration. I will be making the following assumptions about your system setup: 1) You have Redhat 7.0 installed 2) PostgreSQL is not currently installed 3) You have Gnome installed (I like Gnome) 4) You have... http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000705.php3 Tim Perdue Which database do I use: Postgres or MySQL? This age-old question has plagued developers for, what, at least a couple years now. I've used both databases extensively (MySQL for about one year and Postgres for about 2 years) and was curious if the performance differences between the two were as stark as the MySQL website suggests. I had actually benchmarked the two databases back in September 1999 when we were starting to lay the groundwork for SourceForge. At the time, the... http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20020227.asp By Peter A. Bromberg, Ph.D. I've seen lots of newsgroup posts from people wanting to connect to Oracle, MySql and Postgres Databases. Fortunately, there is an ODBC driver for almost every RDBMS system out there, and Microsoft has made available their ODBC .NET Driver. However, there were at least 2 versions of it before RTM came out, and there seems to be some more than a little confusion about whether it will "work" with VS.NET RTM. The short answer is, yes. You just have to get the... http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/linuxjournal200009.php3 Tim Perdue Here is the code from my Linux Journal article on how to build a business application using PostgreSQL's transactions and PHP4. Download Code Common.php <?php //connect to postgres database $conn = pg_pconnect ( "user=tperdue dbname=linuxjournal" ); //see if our connection was successful if (! $conn ) { //connection failed - exit the page with an error //you could also try to proceed without the //database - it's up to you echo pg_errormessage ( $conn ); exit; } //now let's...