db without mysql?

[davide1]

My provider of web space has not myql on it ?
is it possible to create a database on this web space? how?
Thank you very much for you answer

Davide

[mikeq]

A database application must be running somewhere your site has access to. It is unlikely your provider will let you install an application on their server.

[davide1]

So do you think is really impossible to create a very simply database application (e.g only 1 table ,only readable, and with only 1 very simply query ) on a web site hosted on a free web space that doesn' t provide cgi o mysql server?

Thank you
Davide

[edwardsbc]

You can always have your script create and modify files (assuming your script can get write permissions on the host server). However, this means managing everything yourself including all of the functionality provided by SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE. This is a major pain. I would only attempt this for very small datasets.

PHP does, however, make this easier with the functions 'file', 'explode', and 'implode'. A small data file can be read directly into an array and manipulated quite easily with these functions.