Re: Need help to decide Mysql vs Postgres

Linux(Debian) + Java + PostgreSQL = Fastest

2005/7/8, Mark Lewis <mark(dot)lewis(at)mir3(dot)com>:
> On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 16:43 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> > * PFC <lists(at)boutiquenumerique(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> > > For Python it's the reverse : the MySQL driver is slow and dumb,
> > > and the postgres driver (psycopg 2) is super fast, handles all quoting,
> > > and knows about type conversions, it will automatically convert a
> > > Python List into a postgres Array and do the right thing with quoting,
> > > and it works both ways (ie you select a TEXT[] you get a list of
> > > strings all parsed for you). It knows about all the postgres types (yes
> > > even numeric <=> python Decimal) and you can even add your own types.
> > > That's really cool, plus the developer is a friendly guy.
> >
> > Is there anything similar for java ?
> >
>
> The postgres JDBC driver is very good-- refer to pgsql-jdbc mailing list
> or look at jdbc.postgresql.org. I've had only limited experience with
> the mysql jdbc driver, but it seemed servicable enough, if you can live
> with their licensing and feature set.
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