| From: | "Christopher Smith" <csmith(at)gio(dot)com(dot)au> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Slashdot discussion |
| Date: | 2000-07-10 23:37:31 |
| Message-ID: | 4A256918.008186E1.00@g000600.gio.com.au |
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> Is anyone else noticing this: Everytime this sort of thing comes up a
> number of people invariably tell that they are using MySQL because it's
> easier to install, and that PostgreSQL is difficult ("a pain") to install.
>
> I've studied the MySQL installation instructions, and they don't strike me
> as inherently simpler. Is it only perception, or what can we do better?
It's not that, to me it's support. I was looking at doing a postgres / php based
website, but couldn't find anything about this combination anywhere, it's all
mysql. I'm now writing my own, and getting some feedback :)
http://designmagick.50megs.com/postgresql-tutorial/
any comments would be great (I know about the serial function, I've updated it
but haven't uploaded the new version yet).
Chris.
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