Creating a recordset and displaying data from a PostgreSQL table using PHP;

Making the connection:

$DB_HOST="hostname";
$DB_NAME="databasename";
$DB_USER="username";
$DB_PASSWORD="password";

$psql="Select DISTINCT fieldname FROM table";
$const = "host=".$DB_HOST." dbname=".$DB_NAME." user=".$DB_USER." password=".$DB_PASSWORD."";
$pcon=pg_connect($const);
if (!$pcon) {
echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\">alert(\"Unable to connect to PostgreSQL Server!\")</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">history.back()</script>";
}else{
$getRS = pg_exec($pcon,$psql);
}

pg_close($pcon);

Create the recordset and display:

$getRS = psqlSelectRS($psql);
$rows=pg_num_rows($getRS);

for ($i=0; $i<$rows; $i++) {
$row_getRS=pg_fetch_row($getRS, $i);
echo "Row Value: ".$row_getRS[0]."<br />;
}

pg_free_result($getRS);

Where was the great fanfare associated with past Windows releases? No news stories about people standing in-line at midnight to get their copy? Did people stand in-line to get a copy on the first day of release? If they did, it must not have been news worthy, or perhaps I just missed it. I did however, notice the news about Windows competitors. Apparently Apple released a new ad campaign targeting Windows 7 and IBM revved up it's bid to get Linux on the deskptop. Ubuntu, I'm sure with the Windows release in-mind, released the RC version of 9.10 code-named Karmic Koala (Who comes up with these names?).

Metaphorically speaking, these are direct shots at Microsoft. Unfortunately, the view finder seems a little off as none, independently, will do major damage to Windows now or in the near future. Though each time these shots are fired, the bullets get bigger and the target become clearer. Window's won't be brought down with a single shot. It'll take time and effort to chip-away at the monolith. With each year that passes, Microsoft loses a little.

I can't "sing the praises" of free operating systems loud enough (no one wants to hear me sing anyway) a.k.a. Linux. I'm empowered and unfettered without Microsoft Windows or Apple's OS X. I can't help but feel that all those years I was a Windows fan went to waste.