On Saturday 16 August 2003 08:01 am, Florian Zschocke wrote: > Shane wrote: > > On Linux, you have to use Sybase or Oracle (I > > believe?) or DB2. All of these options cost money (in the case of > > Oracle, quite an exorbitant amount). > > I don't want to add to the PHP vs. ASP.NET discussion, but as for the > databases didn't you forget about PostgreSQL? I'd like to hear what's > wrong with PostgreSQL? (Which doesn't cost money to buy it.) > > Florian. > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
PostgreSQL does tend to be faster with very large databases. however it does lack some of the features that mySQL and some of the 'big boys' have. -- DaiTengu Website Development Director http://www.unitedadmins.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders

