I am designing a site with a javascript login that leads you to a flash actionscript site.
What language would I be looking at for a database? Mysql? I can use any feedback.
tiger86 16 Posting Pro
Ramy Mahrous 401 Postaholic Featured Poster
You can connect from JavaScript to database, and validate user credentials, if has permission you can from JavaScript redirect him to the Flash page!
tiger86 commented: :) +1
tiger86 16 Posting Pro
thank you; however I am not sure what database language I should use.
Ramy Mahrous 401 Postaholic Featured Poster
Database language or Database software?
Database language would be mainly ANSI-SQL and you can use Microsoft Access or Microsoft SQL Server.
javmedia 2 Light Poster
MySQL is easier to find online on most hosts.
MS Access requires MS server and costs more to host.
MySQL is free
MySQL free means they also most likely have PHP, which some Windows boxed server providers still dont like to support for some reason.
PHP login is faster and safer than Javascript.
You can still detect if the user has JS capabilities but provide better security using PHP to hold the login data and expirations.
MySQL also permits one-way passwords without external encryption and even if you build this yourself it could be done in a matter of a few hours.
Access has limited support on other O/S and max 2 GB database or table size.
MS SQL on 32 bit O/S is also max 2 - 4 GB scale when it grows
MySQL limit is 14 TerraByte and scalable beyond this limit in clustered networks.
It all depends what you want to do in the future when your site grows.
tiger86 commented: Thank you! I will look into designing a php login. Thank you! +2
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