Greets all, September's meeting is going to be on PHP and PostgreSQL. That's NEXT Thursday at 7p.
Databases play an integral part of what we do as PHP programmers. Using the right database and schema is critical to scalability and what functionality we can offer our clients. For this meeting we will have 2 speakers, Joseph Scott and Joshua Tolley. Joseph will be focusing on using Postgres in a PHP environment. Joshua will be presenting on "that other open source database". His presentation will cover several interesting and useful PostgreSQL features that make it an excellent choice for situations that would often include MySQL or another database. It will also address common misconceptions about PostgreSQL, as well as some of its deficiencies. Time permitting, the presentation will demonstrate getting started with PostgreSQL. Ray Hunter of Toro Systems will be sponsoring this meeting along with swag from the UTOS conference. Heck, might even throw in a week long guest pass for Team Fortress 2. Last but not least, if for nothing else, come join us for the UPHPU afterhours party at Applebees after the meeting. We usually get there around 8:45 and stay until 1a or so. v -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Tolley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:51 AM To: udbug Cc: Victor Villa Subject: Meeting in conjunction with UPHPU Next Thursday evening I'll be presenting at the UPHPU meeting on reasons you might consider using PostgreSQL. Joseph Scott of UPHPU will start the meeting, demonstrating how to use PostgreSQL from PHP, and I'll follow with a discussion of several features that make PostgreSQL a database worth considering, a discussion of several persistent myths and misconceptions about PostgreSQL, and a few of PostgreSQL's weaknesses. Note that I don't plan to compare PostgreSQL broadly with any other particular database -- I'm known for being somewhat of a zealot, and want to avoid starting a flame war. :) Of course, other databases will be brought up throughout the presentation to help explain PostgreSQL features under discussion. Details: 18 Sept. 2008, 7:00 PM Bill Good Marketing 12393 Gateway Park Place Suite 600 Draper, UT 84020 UDBUG has also been invited to join in the traditional UPHPU after-hours party, which basically involves everyone going to Applebee's and sticking around for a while after the meeting. Thanks to Victor Villa / mindjuju for the invitation. Hope to see you there. - Josh Tolley _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
