On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:09:26 -0500, Josh Danziger wrote: Hi Josh
> arbitrary SQL statements on the database a breeze. I've heard > arguments that postgresql is a better database platform; the claim > is that postgres is more functional and runs faster (I don't know > how this changed with MySQL 5). Ask N programmers, get N+M opinions. In my, admittedly simplistic, testing, Postgres 8.0 under Windows is 5 .. 10 times slower (repeat, slower) than MySQL 4.1 on the same box. Of course, there's always a later version, which is always allegedly faster, bettter, whatever... So use GNU/Linux. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 30/11/2005 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company
