> Alan G wrote: >> Is there some advantage to Postgres over MySql? > > Yes and no. Postgresql offers more features and is IMO more flexible > than most SQL servers out there.
Thanks for the list, several things I didn't know. > Example: postgresql enables you to set up editable sql views. Most databases I've used (Oracle, DB2, Interbase) can do this, I wasn't aware MySql couldn't. > However, MySQL is used a lot in web pages because it can return queries > much faster than any other database - the catch is that it can only do > this with transaction-less tables. And I didn't know about Transactionless tables. > Hope that helped? > > Joal Heagney Yes thanks. My interest comes from the fact that I am in the process of reconfiguring my home network and in particular wanted a popular opensource database to replace my ancient copy of Oracle for Linux. The choices are Firebird, MySql and Postgres. I am familiar with the first but the others are more popular (think job experience...) Thanks again, Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
