PostgreSQL has also been compared with MySQL and endorsed by Reuben Lerner in Linux Journal. I do not recall which issue I saw it in though. I just would like to know why I can buy a website space and it will come with MySQL and not PostgreSQL.
I have done a lot of MySQL work for people, but I am considering making the switch. Is it a difficult transition (does anyone know on this list?) ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Sublett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:13 pm Subject: Re: [LUAU] MySQL and other SQL Engines To: LUAU <luau@lists.hosef.org> > On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:00:25 -1000 > Michael Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > At PyCon it seemed to me that PostgreSQL was the choice of > many core > > project developers. With outstanding DB toolkits like > SQLAlchemy. It > > should be fairly painless to move to other SQL engines with proper > > planning. > > > > Any suggestions for good resources about PostgreSQL performance > > tuning and best practices? > > > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Performance_Optimization > > In General, if you nose around http:/www.postgresql.org a > little, I > think you will find more than enough to dig into. I also > recommendsubscribing to several of the postgresql mailing lists > like hackers, > performace, sql > > -- Gary> _______________________________________________ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-hosef.org _______________________________________________ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-hosef.org
