On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:58:51PM +0530, Kamlesh Parmar wrote:
I am looking at LAMP architecture... Linux + Apache + MySQL + (Perl/PHP/Python)
I am not DB expert myself, but it would be good for you to get your exact requirements fixed first. For example, deciding between MySQL and pgsql ... things like transactions, referential integrity etc appear to be important, but I hope someone else can give more info on that.
About selecting the "P" part ... basic question is whether you want a web-based interface at all. You mentioned your other option to be VB, so that indicates creating a desktop application. In that case you should be looking for a programming toolkit that allows you the correct backend access ...
Anyway, if you are comfortable with a web-based design, I would recommend PHP, since its the easiest to quickly learn and develop in, entirely IMHO.
For a useful intro, look at
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/LAMP/frames/frames.html
Sameer.