[sub] [Sussex] MYSQL vs Postgresql

[Tony Austin]

Thanks Geoff.

In view of the popularity of MySQL, I just wondered if I was overlooking
something.

I personally wouldn't consider running on a Windows platform a "must
have"; according to the PostgreSQL web site there are some options and
work in progress.

Tony

> Tony,
>
> Hostorically MySQL was faster and thus more popular, however recent
> versions of postgreSQL have had better performance than MySQL.
>
> Moreover postgreSQL is a far more "complete" database than MySQL,
> although many of the things that MySQL didn't do historically it does do
> now.
>
> I have no idea if postgreSQL runs on Windows.
>
> In 99 out of 100 cases I would suggest that PostgreSQL would be a better
> choice for new projects.
>
> --
> Geoff Teale
>
>
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:10, Tony Austin wrote:
>> Does anyone have any knowledge of why MySQL might be a better or worse
>> choice than Postgresql?
>>
>> As far as as I can tell:-
>>
>> 1. MySQL server can run under Windows as well as Linux but Postgresql
>> will
>> not run on Windows.
>> 2. The MySQL licence requires payment for commercial applications which
>> are not 100% GPL (plus a few exceptions) but Postgresql doesn't.
>> 3. I thought that the Postgresql documentation looked a lot easier to
>> get
>> started with than MySQL and (to prove it) very quickly had a database up
>> and running without knowing very much about anything.  (Not that I am
>> saying that there is anything wrong with MySQL online documentation.)
>>
>> I have no idea on the relative technical merits of each and presume that
>> my humble needs would be covered by both.
>>
>> Anyone any thoughts?
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Tony Austin
>> Gigaday Computing Limited
>> http://www.gigaday.com
>> tony at gigaday.com
>>
>>
>>
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Tony Austin
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