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Re: Databases



On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 gaal@forum2.org wrote:

> How do mSQL, MySQL, and PostreSQL compare? Can anyone point me to
> a detailed discussion of this? Anyone care to comment from personal
> experience?

Basicaly, you don't need mSQL. The real choice is between MySQL and
PostgreSQL. MySQL is fast. See their tests - they claim to be
fastest DB engine available! PostgreSQL is full SQL, while MySQL is 95% of
it which 95% of us need. MySQL doesn't have transactions, foreign keys,
triggers, constraints, and all the stuff that Big Fat Commercial DB
vendors stuff in their products. 
So, if you need speed and simplicity - go MySQL. If you need more features
and you are SQL Pro - go PostgreSQL.
I have personal experience on MySQL - works excellent, support (via
mailing list) is very good. Mysql is at http://www.tcx.se, PostrgreSQL is
at http://www.postgresql.org/
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