Re: Oracle vs Mysql

On 01/14/2004 12:44:25 PM, "Jesse, Rich" wrote:
> If you have the choice, look at PostgreSQL in addition to MySQL. From what
> I've seen, it's more mature than MySQL.

I second that. PostgresSQL supports transactions and uses perl as its scripting language. From what little I read and saw (just a little pilot project with the goal to see "what the heck is Postgres"), it's a very decent database, with a decent performance and capabilities sufficient for a small, departmental database server. I know nothing of clustering, distributed database, database links, replication and alike. In other words, I wouldn't use it for an enterprise-wide server for GE or Wall-Mart, but it can be quite a convenient storage space for a small corner shop or a small department. Because of perl and DBI, exchanging data with other servers like oracle or UDB (DB2) is easy.

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