[Leaplist] curious about mysql vs postgres...

[Phil Barnett]

On Wednesday 01 October 2008 08:14:03 pm tom foster wrote:
> Nothing too heavy.
>
> I'm wondering whether either one is "easier" than the other, or are
> they about the same but the plumbing is so different that one seems
> more difficult?
>
> "LAMP" is a more common acronym than "LAPP", after all.
>
> --

I'd be using PostgreSQL.

Why go with a pretender to the throne when you can have an ACID compliant 
database with a decade of history.

MySQL got popular because it was light and fast, not because it was secure and 
complete. And for a long time, it was neither secure nor complete. Over they 
years, MySQL has approached completness and over the years PostgreSQL has 
approached competitive speeds with an already mature feature set.

To me, it's a no brainer.

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