Is mysql really free? how come they have a hybrid opensource/commercial license?
But what i know is that postgress is really free?
Gerald Timothy Quimpo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Monday 27 January 2003 02:53 pm, Jopoy C. Solano wrote:
> Thanks! It confirms my first choice :)
i use postgres with php. we've used mysql too, but that was
for old projects. we went with postgres because at the time
mysql didn't have sub-selects or transactions. i have not
been keeping track of mysql development though. i know
that transactions were available some time ago if you used
innodb, i think. and i think they were working on sub-selects
and that might be working by now. [warning, as i said above,
i have not actually been paying much attention to mysql,
so my impressions of progress above may be wrong, they're
based on reading about, not actually using, those features].
of course, while mysql was playing catch-up, we got
used to postgres, liked it, and we've not needed to test
mysql.
i'd say, both are good enough as da tabase engines, and you
might need to decide which one to use based on some other
metric (flip a coin, which syntax you like, popularity with
hosting services [including the version and features you need,
because some hosting services might still be using old versions],
front end software available (e.g., pgaccess), platforms
supported (they're probably pretty equal), other weird options,
e.g., if one allows you to completely turn off transactions
and you need speed more than you need transaction safety,
then that might be a decision point for you).
tiger
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