On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> ..
> > I don't know how new or how old this article is, but I bumped into it
> > while looking for information on session management using PHP4. It should
> > be pretty informative, especially for those trying to figure out if
> > they'll go PostgreSQL or MySQL. :-)
> > 
> > <http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000705.php3>
> 
> Sorry to be sounding pompous, but why play with toyz like MySQL and Pg
> when Oracle is free for development? yeah it's not open-source and all,
> but if you value your data.. use the "software that powers the
> internet."
> 
> i've been playing with WebDb.. (free download at technet.oracle.com)
> fantastic stuff. nothing perl DBI/mod_perl can't do.. but it takes just 5
> minutes to whip up a fully functional editable form.


You know, if you'ld read the article, you'ld see that for most general purpose
websites, _both_ mysql and pgsql will be more than enough to fulfill its
requirements.  So for most people, pg/mySQL are not 'toyz', they are simply the
most logical options for database servers.



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