Glad to see that you've settled on Postgresql. I think the contractor who insists on using MySQL rather than Postgres is probably a bit immature in their DB experience.
I came to Ruby from a Delphi/Interbase/MSSQL environment and started using MySQL because it was the default. It was OK but I quickly found problems with queries that just worked on other DB engines because they assumed the SQL-92 standard, but they failed on MySQL. Anyway I've switched to Postgresql because it has much, much, much better Geographical Information Services (GIS) support. MySQL has geometry, but only on MyISAM and only flat geometry, not spherical geometrey, duuuh! MySQL is OK if you're doing extremely simple stuff and like the herd mentality around it. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
