IMHO MySQL is faster but much less feature rich. I do development for both
and they both have their uses. I use MySQL when I just "plug and pull"
meaning that it's just a quick way to store random information. For real
applications though I like to use PostgreSQL because it supports lots of
very nice features like transactions!
And , of course, MySQL isn't free -- PostgreSQL is.
I think that in 7.0 some of the speed issues of Postgre will be greatly
improved (which is it's only real weak point and it's just slow in
comparision with much less feature rich backends)..
- Mitch
----- Original Message -----
From: Antonio W. Lagnada <alagnada@lsil.com>
To: Pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 10:16 AM
Subject: [SQL] postgreSQL vs mySQL
> Hello,
>
> Can anyone tell me what the difference is between mySQL and postgreSQL
> (performance wise, etc...) and other opinions are welcome.
>
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> Antonio W. Lagnada
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