If, by "basics", you mean "the rudimentary storing and retrieving of data", then MySQL might be easier. But if you mean basics = "learning a standard set of features I would expect to find in other RDBMS suites", then I would probably go with Postgres... to the best of my knowledge, it's a little more feature-robust. MySQL is decent, I write against it every day at work, but Postgres has some things that we wish MySQL did, and I don't know that they've even been put into 4.x...
So, hey... $.02 from me, too. Jason > I'm asking for a beginners aspect of learning the basics. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Perrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:30 PM > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Interesting article: Ellison: Linux will wipe > Microsoft out of the data center > > > > Not sure why you'd bother with MySQL - PostgreSQL has more features for > > the same price. Just my 2c. > > > > ap > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu > > > > > > On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Roy Vestal wrote: > > > > > Here's a question: to learn the basics of db admin, should I use MySQL, > or > > > Posgres? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Turnpike Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 10:57 AM > > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Interesting article: Ellison: Linux will wipe > > > Microsoft out of the data center > > > > > > > > > > I agree... MySQL is great for home grown apps like on personal > websites... > > > even > > > > small apps in business... threat to Oracle? nah... > > > > > > > > David M. > > > > > > > > --- Chris Hedemark wrote: > > > > > Our guys have collectively turned their noses up at MySQL after > trying > > > > > it on one production application. Some of the standard features > they > > > > > expected from an RDBMS were not there, and they had to do messy SQL > to > > > > > get around it. Don't shoot the messenger. I don't think MySQL is a > > > > > serious threat to Oracle, or at least it won't be in the next 5 > years. > > > > > PostgreSQL isn't as fast for us as Oracle on the same hardware, but > the > > > > > money saved can justify faster hardware (and a lot of change left > > > > > over). The feature set is there, the scalability is there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > > > > http://tax.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > TriLUG mailing list > > > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TriLUG mailing list > > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
