As a word doc... The most convincing and point-addressing comments were from Simon W. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - first paragraph.
The clear choice from these responses is Postgres because of its internal strength over MySql; most notably, in that MySql can easily degrade to a standstill with 3 concurrent users, at least one doing big queries, whereas Postgres keeps on sailing. Also, it's more free, for now anyway. A commitment to Postgres now might get us grandfathered in later on when they've given up "free" for "money" (for some crazy reason). There was cross-agreement that Postgres is slower than MySql, but I guess that's the price paid for having more behind the scenes - more not so up-front, functionality. Also, Postgres is much more Oracle-like in syntax than MySql, so if we should ever graduate to big-daddy-Oracle, we can do that easier. (See attached file: DB_Compar.doc) Thanks much to respondants and list managers!!! - John Armstrong - Sacramento
