Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/26/05 15:36

Gary L. Burnore wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:20:14 +0200, Erwin Moller
> <since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@spamyourself.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Colin McKinnon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>smorrey@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've been thinking on this long and hard, and I can't seem to come up
>>>>with an answer on it.
>>>>
>>>>Why is it almost always assumed the MySQL will be the server for nearly
>>>>any PHP app?
>>>>
>>>>Why is it MySQL and not PostGRES or SQLite?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I've been using MySQL for some time - it works. I don't have enough
>>>experience with Postgres to criticise it - indeed it is offered as GPL
>>>without restrictions (a lot of people ignore the exceptions in the MySQL
>>>license) which to my mind would make it more approriate. I will say that
>>>MySQL has been the most reliable DBMS I've used, and easiest to manage
>>>(compared with Oracle, MS-SQLserver, Progress and Pencil). (I'm not
>>>wanting to start a flame war here - this is my experience - not
>>>necessarily yours).
>>>
>>>Is there an equivalent to phpMySQLAdmin for Postgres?
>>>
>>>SQLite does not scale well.
>>>
>>>C.
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I cannot restain myself, sorry.
>>But mySQL is the best db you ever saw?
>
>
> Perhaps he meant best FREE db he ever saw? MySql works well for most
> web apps. It's fast. It's free. Postgres is ok too. Lots of
> postgres bigots out there. But if you're going to build an app based
> on a free database, you'll choose the one that more people know about
> and use. That'd be MySql right now.
>
>
>>Do you think it is better than Oracle?
>
>
> Informix was better than oracle until IBM bought it to bury it.
> Oracle has a better market share. That's why people use it.
>
>
>
>
>>Or MS SQLServer (one of the few good products BOUGHT by M$) ?
>
> GOOD? Fool.
>
>
>

Actually, Informix isn't on the same level as Oracle. DB2 would be a
better comparison.

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