PostgreSQL is certainly more featureful. i
ended up using MySQL (instead of PostgreSQL and
Sybase ASA, both of which i looked at) because
i was new to SQL, and it had everything I needed,
and nothing i didn't. i've also heard it is
significantly faster, depending on its use, because
of its lack of features (triggers, rollback,
integrity checks, etc). unless you have a specific
reason to use something, less choices is often better
than more, and can be quite useful. for me, at least ;)
Bill
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Postgresql (see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devhistory.html for a
> Postgres history lesson) is a much more mature application. MySQL
> (http://www.mysql.com/news.html) is relatively new. Another difference
> is that MySQL runs on both Unix and NT. Why is MySQL more popular? I
> don't really know. But, I suppose it has something to do with the fact
> that there is an O'Reilly about it, whereas there is very little if any
> commercially published documentation on PostreSQL.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: danb35 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 11:11 PM
> To: expert
> Cc: danb35
> Subject: Re: Re: [expert] mysql
>
>
> From: Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Is one better than the other? Should I use mysql instead of
> postgresql or
>
> Well, postgresql is open source, and MySQL (with the exception of
> one
> older version) isn't. That makes a big difference to some people.
>
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