Re: Database Selection

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: IvoD <gordion(at)quick(dot)cz>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Database Selection
Date: 2006-04-27 00:04:30
Message-ID: 20060427000429.GP97354@pervasive.com
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 10:46:50PM -0700, IvoD wrote:
> My "sixth sense" tells me that PostgreSQL is better than MySQL,
> therefore for main app I prefer PostgreSQL; but I am in doubt to run
> only one db engine for two databases. But my "inner space" tells me to
> separate newsgroups system and company data system and run two
> different db engines - in light of security (although only one db
> engine looks promissing).

Since I haven't seen it mentioned, google for 'mysql gotchas'. About 100
reasons not to use MySQL (granted, there's some PostgreSQL gotchas as
well, but there's far fewer and they're nowhere near as serious).
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