Posted by Erwin Moller on 03/02/06 15:48

no.mail.pls wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks for the reply. It works.
> i am aware that this is not a sql group, but i beg your indulgence, as i
> am quite sure that you guys will respond,
> because i believe that most folks who use PHP
> will also be using mysql.
>
> is that correct?
>

Personally I prefer Postgresql: a lot more mature than mySQL, but mySQL is
catching up very quickly lately. :-)

Problem with Postgresql was it only ran on *nix, while mySQL did M$ too.
(Now Postgresql is ported to W32, but I have no idea how stable it runs on
W$ machines)

So a lot of of W$-only people were confortable with mysql and not with
Postgresql, and as we all know: the W$ people come in massive numbers.

I always felt a bit sorry for Postgresql for that, it deserved to be the
most popular database in my opinion, not the second or third in line.
(Nothing against mySQL).

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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