You know what? I may consider Postgres after all. I'm always happy to learn new things.
Thanks for your feedback on this issue. Raph. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew J. Kopciuch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) MySQL and PHP books and resources recommendation. > 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
