SQL engines

1999-08-26 Thread Urban Gabor
Hi, I am to write a home application for Linux that uses an SQL database. I can not decide which library to use, my two ideas are: Postgres and Mysql. Which is the best solution and why? (The database is planned to be about maximal 10-15 Mbyte) Gabor Urban --- Lufthansa Systems Hungaria KfT

Re: SQL engines

1999-08-26 Thread Oliver Elphick
Urban Gabor wrote: Hi, I am to write a home application for Linux that uses an SQL database. I can not decide which library to use, my two ideas are: Postgres and Mysql. Which is the best solution and why? (The database is planned to be about maximal 10-15 Mbyte) PostgreSQL has more

Re: SQL engines

1999-08-26 Thread William T Wilson
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote: PostgreSQL has more features, especially transactions; Mysql does not have these and is therefore faster, but less suitable for applications which need to guarantee informational integrity. Look at www.postgresql.org for more information on