What is the difference between links 2.0 and links 2.0 SQL..
Is it just the sql? Do both have the same features, besides the different db useage? If not, what else is different?

I have no use for sql and if I can do the same with links 2.0 flat file, I will not have to buy the sql version. That would be all i need, this is why im asking.

Please respond ASAP, on a deadline :o{ - thanks

Alex Sommerfeld
Website:http://djgateway.com

Links SQL is faster, has many more features such as a registration system and dynamic pages and multiple template sets, plugins etc...

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It is worth the extra money - it will save time, and the end result will be better and faster.

Yes, the main difference is database storage (Links 2.0 uses flat files, which is bad in terms of CPU and Memory, especially for medium to large traffic web sites - like above 300,000 page views per month with more than 3,000 unique visitors per day).

In addition, LINKS SQL has a plug-in system that allows you to easily install and uninstall Mods rather than hacking codes in the nuts and bolts of the script.

Also, this has been addressed before in this forum. Have you read the other "Links 2.0 versus LINKS SQL" related Threads?? If not, I would suggest reading them.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

I guess if that's it, I'm going to use links 2.0 flat file.

My site is directed to interested customers for a service I provide. Very specific site, I'm not going to receive more than 3,000 visits a year. Spending another 450, on my site for SQL, and a plug in system.. is, as you can tell out of the question. Especially if I can get almost all the features in 2.0 flat file.

- i also looked for simular threads.. i couldnt find it

Alex Sommerfeld
Website:http://djgateway.com

Guess you didn't search hard enough!

READ the following Threads:

* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...ew=&sb=&vc=1

* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...=25&Old=allposts

* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...200&Old=allposts

* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...200&Old=allposts

* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...200&Old=allposts

* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...200&Old=allposts

* http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...200&Old=allposts

And there are many more, just take the time to search the forums.

Don't be deceived by Thread titles...actually READ threads in the search result pages!

Regards,

Eliot Lee

Links SQL is quite simply better. There is much more you can do with the program.

I understand that there are some plans to update the flat file version in some manner, but I'm not sure how.

If you need complex forms designs, and template processing, if you want your users to log in and be presented with information that is dynamically generated, rather than pre-generated, Links SQL is the way to go.

You won't regret installing it.

PUGDOG® Enterprises, Inc.
FAQ:http://LinkSQL.com/FAQ
Forum:http://LinkSQL.com/forum

Links SQL also allows you to have additional fields to manipulate and display. These can be used to provide additional information like contact information (name, address), urls for downloading a script (like hotscripts.com), or use as a classified ad system (make, model, year, engine, etc.) In short, Links SQL is very adaptable.

With Links 2, you are pretty much limited to running a link directory, ie: URL, Site Name, Description, etc. Of course, you can rename these fields and do something else very similar.
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vanderen
http://beaverheadriver.com

That is not correct....

Yes, it is a lot easier to customize "tables" and "fields" in LINKS SQL, however, you CAN customize LINKS 2.0 to do many applications...

For example, I used Links 2.0 to do the following:

1) Editor Reviews (stored in separate database file)
2) Postcards (stored in separate database file)
3) User Reviews (stored in separate database file)

In addition, I had many customized fields in my main Links database file...

And you can mirror a "relational system" in LINKS 2.0, by using the Relational Mod written for DBMAN.

So, I don't really agree with your points...Links 2.0 is flexible in terms of its uses/application...HOWEVER, in terms of management and administration, LINKS SQL is a lot easier to work with. Thus, you are NOT restricted to having "just a directory of links".

Regards,

Eliot Lee

That is not entirely correct either.

Eliot is able to do these things with Links2 because, as a veteran, he is very skilled not only in writing perl scripts, but also apache, MySQL, etc. and is able to self support these hacks and modifications.

For a lot of us "members", when we ask a question in the Pre-Sale forum about Links SQL, we want to know what it will do "out of the box" or with the supported plug-ins, not what someone with above average intellegence and skill is capable of accomplishing.

Before I purchased Links SQL, I inquired to GT about various custom modifications of Links2 metioned by Eliot. The price for these modifications was several times the price of Links SQL and Links SQL 2 would include these features "out of the box".

I spent about a month looking through the forums and doing research before I purchased Links SQL. Had I relied on the assurances of a "veteran" that Links 2 could do these things and instead purchased Links 2 only to find out it these mods would cost $1200+, I would have been a very unhappy camper.
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vanderen
http://www.beaverheadriver.com