On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:30:12 -0700, "Steve Dibb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:07:50 -0700, "Daniel C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > said: > > > >> I'd recommend using MySQL for your first database. > >> > > > > I wouldn't. MySQL is still full of non-standard weirdisms, and a lot of > > the examples you find on the web are by people who really have no > > business touching a database. > > > > PostgreSQL _used_ to be more complicated to set up and install... back > > in the 6.x days circa 1999. Now there is even a friendly windows > > installer, and autovacuum Just Works. > > > > PostgreSQL is easy enough for beginners, and powerful enough that you > > won't have to switch databases when your needs grow. > > In addition to all that, you'll thank yourself down the road later when > you learned how to use ANSI SQL instead of foo-databases-quirk-modes. > Granted, postgres has some *additional* features that other databases > don't (they all do), but at least you'll feel at home if you work with > another ANSI SQL compatible database (like SQLite).
Meh, that's what I thought oo (tabout sqlite) until I actually tried it... http://spyced.blogspot.com/2006/07/sqlite-sucks.html -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
