On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Joe Brenner wrote: > The reason I'm asking is that the place that I work is > actually contemplating reverting from Oracle's expensive > bugs to MySQL's (supposedly) cheap ones. They'd consider > postgresql, but they figure that with MySQL they can at > least point to sites that pump a fair amount of data with it > (e.g. mp3.com). > > Please help save me from a life without referential > integrity... sourceforge for one. They were using MySQL, then changed. Also, look at the postgres web site - there is an article there were someome did a speed comparison between PG & MySQL. Postgres came out on top, even in places where folks thought MySQL would win. Also, it depends on what your application is. If there is any amount of DB updates, PG will easily be the best choice. :-) Take care, Bill ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl
