Re: MySQL or Postgres ?

From an MySQL perspective, but still nice...

http://www.mysql.com/information/crash-me.php

alex

Fabiàn R.Breschi wrote:

>Hello Ed,
>
>Thanks a lot for your response.
>
>As I'm used to work with Oracle and reading back the story os PostgreSQL and
>having a shallow knoledge of the engine, in general, I will choose it over
>MySQL.
>
>Anyway, it shoul be very nice to somehow get a comparison chart to have handy
>the evident diffs between the engines.
>
>Regds,
>
>F.
>
>Ed Yu wrote:
>
>
>
>>That totally depends on your application. If I want something to replace MS
>>Access in a small application environment, I'll use MySQL, otherwise
>>Postgresql (or MSSQL, DB2, Oracle).
>>
>>"Fabiàn R. Breschi" <fabian(dot)breschi(at)acm(dot)org> wrote in message
>>news:3D481906(dot)F1DD94AE(at)acm(dot)org(dot)(dot)(dot)
>>
>>
>>>Hi there,
>>>
>>>If you'd have to suggest which type of database one migh use, how would
>>>you reflect the differences between them to show up pros and cons ?
>>>
>>>Any URL to help me to clarify this situation ?
>>>
>>>Thank you very much indeed.
>>>
>>>Fabian.
>>>
>>>
>
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