Jonathan Ellis wrote:
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:07:50 -0700, "Daniel C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
I'd recommend using MySQL for your first database.
I wouldn't. MySQL is still full of non-standard weirdisms, and a lot of
the examples you find on the web are by people who really have no
business touching a database.
PostgreSQL _used_ to be more complicated to set up and install... back
in the 6.x days circa 1999. Now there is even a friendly windows
installer, and autovacuum Just Works.
PostgreSQL is easy enough for beginners, and powerful enough that you
won't have to switch databases when your needs grow.
In addition to all that, you'll thank yourself down the road later when
you learned how to use ANSI SQL instead of foo-databases-quirk-modes.
Granted, postgres has some *additional* features that other databases
don't (they all do), but at least you'll feel at home if you work with
another ANSI SQL compatible database (like SQLite).
And stay away from T-SQL. No OFFSET support is one of many annoyances.
Bleh.
Steve
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