On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 18:08 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > an accounting system thats in plain HTML would be incredibly clunky to > use. you really want to do this in ajax/jquery or whatever so its more > interactive No thank you. HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL are my chosen tools for my systems. I have written 20+ complete systems using these and found them to be fast and very effective. Everyone who has seen my HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL systems has been favourably impressed (me too!). MySQL is a fast database system. Never ever used a SQL join or view, just well designed databases with carefully planned tables - that is the art of good programming. Ajax/Jquery is someone else's parametrised programming language. It adds complexity and overhead to what is fundamentally a very basic task. Ajax etc. seem to appeal to people who are not good (or natural) programmers. Ajax etc. is like programming with boxing gloves on and taking several weeks to do it. If they want to use it, let them. > also, I'd suggest using postgresql for better data integrity, and > anything-but-php (Python?) for better webside security. I have been using MySQL on Linux for about 4 years and never had a problem. What security issues has PHP ? -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU.