Re: Drupal and PostgreSQL - performance issues?

On Oct 13, 2008, at 4:08 AM, admin wrote:

> I am also evaluating Drupal + PostgreSQL at the moment. We are
> building a local government website/intranet that doesn't need to be
> lightning fast or handle millions of hits a day, but it does need to
> be rock solid and potentially needs to manage complex business
> processes. So PostgreSQL seems a good choice.
>
> However, PostgreSQL support in the PHP CMS world seems lacking.
> Joomla is basically a MySQL-only shop. Drupal is *maybe* suitable,
> but who really knows where it will end up?
>
> Can anyone recommend an alternative CMS with the features and
> flexibility of Drupal that supports PostgreSQL 100%? What about the
> Python world, what is Plone like with PostgreSQL support?

I have been running TYPO3 on PostgreSQL.
It's not easy but very very doable.

As soon as the main CMS system is MySQL based, then you always hit
problems with any other DB.

Ries

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>
> I don't really want to kick off another round of Python vs PHP, just
> looking for a CMS that is a good match for PostgreSQL.
>
> Mick