> 2. MySQL supports full-text searching (not to mention
> commercial-brand dbs like SQL Server 2005). Now that MySQL
> supports transactions as well, there's less reason than ever for
> web developers to build their applications with Postgres support.
> Full-text search in Postgres (which as a contrib module is already
> more functional than MySQL's integrated search) could make a huge
> difference in database choice. Why be left behind when everyone
> else is providing this functionality to their users?
Although I agree with your arguments for integration, I should point out
that MySQL's full text indexing and it's transactions are mutually
exclusive. You can't have both.
Chris