From: Miles Keaton (mileskeatongmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2006 - 15:05:43 CDT

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

On 4/5/06, David T Harris <da465415pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> wrote:
> Just out of curiosity why did your company decide
> to go with Postgresql as opposed to mysql?
> Just somewhat curious considering you see mysql
> everywhere these days...

hi David -

The first half of this post says it very well:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6286?wlg=yes

I just LIKE it more. It's more strict and accurate.

heheh... I guess you could say it's like the difference between Linux
and OpenBSD. Even without knowing C, OpenBSD just *feels* more strict
and well-written.

I had used MySQL for years, and as soon as I tried PostgreSQL, I never
wanted to go back.

• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]