Just FYI, (almost) any script written in PHP for mysql can be adapted quite easily for any RDBM, including Postgres. That's one of the really nice things about PHP, IMHO.
Again, though, the difference between MySQL and Postgres really have more to do with feature set and speed than ease of setup and use. I don't want to start a religious debate here, but I think everyone who really knows a db thinks it's the easiest to setup and use. They both have their quirks. Choose first based on which features you need, that's my advice. If you need views and subqueries, then it's a pretty simple decision. If you need to do lightning-fast selects on millions and millions of records, again it's a pretty easy call. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:36 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] databases for linux > > >On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Rob wrote: >> Postgres (in my experience) has always been very stable and easy >> to learn and use. Probably the most so of all RDBMs I have used. >> I dont know what experience (or closed minded ?? viewpoint) Harold >> has to justify masocism in regard to postgres (maybee he used a very >> old version a long time ago - ?). > >Postgres has been simple for me to use and configure. I had only minor >administration experience with databases previously (some Oracle), but >found Postgres easy to setup and use. This is not to say that MySQL was >difficult, only that I had initial problems with it and authentication >(it seems I had to add user IDs directly to the tables). > >I'm using Postgres now as the backend to my library (about 2,000 books, >300 CDs). There was not as many pre-made scripts in PHP as there was for >MySQL, but I did find lots of examples in C and Perl. > > > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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