Ditto to postgres.
I agree with you. In my experience, the more complex the more compelling
reason to go with postgres. Agreed.. mySQL is faster for simple queries.
In my application I did comparisons in mySQL and postgres and to my
amazement overall postgres was faster. The reason was similar to yours,
in many cases it takes several sql statements in mySQL where I could do
it in one with postgres. I rewrote the system from mySQL to postgress
and in general the code was cut about 10% and in some cases cut in half.
I also got rid of a lot of work around.. especially where sub-selects
are needed. Maybe the new release of mySQL with sub-selects and
transaction processing will compare favorably??? Donno??
Anyway that was my experience.. hope it helps.
Have a great day...
Dan
Gabi Munteanu wrote:
I would go for postgresql.
Reasons?
triggers,procedures,a speed almost equal to mysql.
they say mysql is faster.
In my experience, only the simplest sites take advantage of this great
speed.
Once, in a web-page I had 2 sql queries to a Postgresql engine
and I had to re-write the code for Mysql:
I couldn't without 5 separate queries.
So, depending on the complexity of your site
you shoud choose betwwen Postgreasql and MySQL.
Gabi
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