[FX.php List] PHP error log tracking using PID?

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Everyone,

I don't want to start a mySQL vs. FileMaker debate.

The purpose of my question was to collect a consensus of whether this 
particular request...using PID in PHP error logging ...was a common 
practice in the MySQL world, one that I should be applying in the 
FileMaker Web Publishing.

Regarding the "delivering the bad news" I referred to in my earlier 
post, I had to say "no" to the following :

- Can FileMaker Server support multiple virtualized web servers in 
the Web Publishing deployment. The answer was "No, it's a one-to-one 
with FileMaker Server".

- Can they run Linux web servers? The answer I provided was "No, FMS 
Web Publishing requires either OS X or Windows....unless you chose to 
step outside of the FMI blessed configuration".

- Can they maintain mirrored databases across multiple servers for 
instant fail-over?  I said, "No, you can't copy live FMP db files 
without damaging them.  FMS offers backup scheduling to create usable 
copies, but they will reflect the data from last backup"

As you can see, these are standard features in the mySQL world.

I'm just trying to accommodate and determine if the PID feature 
request was something I could/should attempt to deliver.

BTW...If anyone has "yes" answers to the above questions, I'm all ears.

Thanks

Jonathan



At 4:52 PM -0500 2/12/12, Steven Thoms wrote:
>Dale, Jonathan, Everyone,
>
>I'm so sorry. I should not have broadened the issue. My point was 
>that often we as FileMaker developer's need to be patient with IT 
>people. Likely they do not see the advantages a FileMaker 
>application gives a client off the the web and can be frustrated by 
>expectations. When we approach them and say we are building a web 
>module for a database application and use these tools (FMP/PHP), the 
>obvious objection is, why not go with standard web based application 
>tools like MySQL, etc. There are obvious answers to these questions. 
>We need to be understanding of their expectations and be prepared to 
>help them configure servers and logs to accommodate an unusual 
>request. My hope was to have Jonathan air some of the objections and 
>obstacles he encountered here on the forum, so future developers 
>could be better prepared to work with IT departments. In my 
>experience, it can work. But danders rise and words like heresy are 
>used and the endeavor becomes fraught.
>
>I apologize and thank Steve Winter for doing what should be done on 
>a list; answer a question simply and concisely in hopes of building 
>up a body of useful information.
>
>My crack about Windows servers was uncalled for and unproductive.
>
>Until next time,
>
>Steve
>207 798-0171


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