MySQL vs. PostgreSQL

[Dirk Koopman]

On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 14:41 +0100, Earle Martin wrote:
> I've never had a MySQL
> installation run for more than a couple of years without dying.  That
> isn't acceptable.  I have PostgreSQL installations that have been on-
> line and heavily loaded since 1998, and have only been down briefly for
> software or hardware upgrades.

Lucky fellow. Personally I find postgresql just as bad - but it breaks
in different ways and less predictably than MySQL.
 
I do agree about the permission system though, it really is brain
befudling.