there's a pretty good comparison on the MySQL website and they were quite fair about it. MySQL has been adding features slowly because, above all, they don't want to sacrifice performance for the feature. Each database has its strengths. The bottom line is that you need to figure out just what your requirements are and then see which database suites your needs. If you need to work with extremely large databases (multi GB) I would go with MySQL. It scales to large files extremely well.
Curtis Maurand On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Becoming Digital wrote: > You're on the MySQL list, so expect biased answers. > > Both certainly have their merits. PostgreSQL is currently more advanced, at > least if you go by their claims. Hoever, there seems to be much less support > for PostgreSQL than MySQL, be it from books or other users. While I expect to > use PostgreSQL at some point in time, if only for curiousity's sake, I'm glad I > started with MySQL. > > Edward Dudlik > Becoming Digital > www.becomingdigital.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kaarel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 10 June, 2003 07:38 > Subject: Which database? > > > Hi > > I am fairly new to databases, but my boss has assigned me to choose a > database system for our company. I know of Oracle databases but they are > way too expensive so it's not an option for us. I did some research and > came up with two free database systems that seemed to be more popular - > MySQL and PostgreSQL. The problem is that I can't make a decision > between the two because I have practically no experience. Some say MySQL > is easier to use, some say PostgreSQL is more robust etc. Most articles > seem to celarly favor one or the other. It is very hard to find an > objective comparison. And I have to explain my boss why I chose either > one. So perhaps some of you can give me some reasons why to choose MySQL > over Postgre. > > Thanks, > Kaarel > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- -- Curtis Maurand mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maurand.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
