Posted by Geoff Berrow on 07/27/06 11:06

Message-ID: <44c89b83$0$4524$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> from Erwin Moller
contained the following:

>>>A simple approach:
>>>(Postgresnotation, not mySQL which I avoid)
>>
>> Last time I checked it mysql was being used for tinyurl.com
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/
>>
>
>So what?
>My choice of database is not based on tinyurl.com using something or not.
>;-)

I know that, but it may have been seen as indicating that you thought
MySQL could not handle large numbers
>
>The reason I prefer Postgresql above mySQL has more to do with support of
>Foreign Keys (which failed silently in mySQL), transactions, etc.
>When I made my pick of prefered database a few years ago, mySQL was no
>comparision to Postgres.

Not quite sure what you mean by foreign keys failing silently but
perhaps this is off topic for this group.
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