MySQL vs. PostgreSQL

[Rob Shakir]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Earle Martin wrote:
> As seen on another list. Thought it might be of interest....
> 
> (Light blue touch paper. Stand well back.)

Unfortuntely, when designing solutions for customers/users, we're often
looking at setups where we require multi-master database clusters -
whatever is said about pgsql, I am not aware of a sane solution for
multi-master setups.

I like pgsql for my local applications, cidr, and inet datatypes are
incredibly useful, and I find it quick enough for my requirements.
Having said that, I also like MySQL - they both have their oddities, and
there seems little point in a "holy war" about database solutions.

It's a shame there's so much "xx vs yy" with lots of OSS, when there's
clearly not a template for when one is better than another - IMHO,
evaluating each product on a per-case basis is the way to go.

- --
Rob Shakir - <rob at catalyst2.net>
Technical Manager - Catalyst2 Services Ltd.
PGP Key ID: 0xC07E6DEB / RIPE: RJS-RIPE
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFEPBdxIbIhVcB+besRAnuoAJ9cW0gIJzIfJB84IoKcG0lS7bCOmQCfRZFd
kSbJCnD2yoUkZbbrARu21Oo=
=Y/IZ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----