Posted by no.mail.pls on 03/03/06 06:01

Hi,

I've not used Postgresql for the reason that Erwin mentioned. Would like to
give it a try.

cheers

"Erwin Moller"
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> 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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