I absolutely agree with the last statement. We changed from MySQL to PostgreSQL. Most of us here are Oracle DBAs, and we feel at home with PostgreSQL. We have made tests in the three platforms and we have chosen PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL gives us most of the main features of Oracle in an open source platform.
Cheers, On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:18 PM, David Pollak wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Neil.Lv <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Why the liftweb doesn't use MySQL as the default database ? > > In addition to the reasons listed in this thread (most importantly, > Lift default apps "just work" with just Java and Maven installed), I > recommend against using MySQL. > > Both PostgreSQL and H2 are higher performance and PostgreSQL has far > more features. > > I have a personal bond with the MySQL folks and really wish that I > could say different, but I've also been involved with some of the > highest volume MySQL-based sites around and seen the benchmarks of > MySQL vs. PostgreSQL. It's pretty simple, if you have a choice > between the two, use PostgeSQL. > > > Thanks very much ! > > Cheers, > Neil > > > > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Surf the harmonics > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
