On Monday 23 December 2002 15:04, J. Rafael Sánchez wrote: > I guess I don't have any clever technical answer to give you. It's just > that I've been to www.mysql.com and really liked what I saw. It gave me the > "impression" that there's a lot of support and it's very popular database > engine. I've also spent quite a bit of time already getting familiar with > it and don't have a lot of time to start getting acquainted with another > database engine. I wouldn't mind trying postgress, but perhaps with another > project. >
Just because something is popular, does not mean it is worth while supporting, nor does it mean it is good. New Kids On The Block anyone? Any knowledge of database programming is transferible to another database. The same ideas apply, and if you can't figure something out, the documentation is excellent. If you are at a learning stage (which you mentioned I believe) ... you might as well learn something good, and not just something. ;-) > Would you mind sharing with me why you prefer Postgres over MySQL? > Actual SQL92 compliance. Speed. More Features. Sub-selects. Better development community. Honest statistics. A cooler name? :-) Andy
