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Brian Ashe wrote:

>> The OP won't go wrong with either one, but I suspect she'll find more
>> documentation for MySQL than for PostgreSQL, which might be a
>> significant consideration.
>
>I find this highly inaccurate. The reason being that I believe there is so 
>much written to document MySQL is due to the fact that it is not a standards 
>compliant SQL implementation and geared towards people looking for some RDBMS 
>functionality without having to learn a lot of stuff. Hence the reason for 
>some of the "crutches" that MySQL has (that are convenient) that are not in 
>other RDBMS to eliviate the need for more advanced programming skills. So 
>exclusive docs must be written.

Fair enough, and you're right.  I based my evaluation simply on the 
quantity of literature available, but your point about its exclusivity 
is well taken.

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David Talkington

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