Odp: [PHP-DB] Re: interbase or postgres

Od: "Michael" <mwaples@waples.net> Temat: [PHP-DB] Re: interbase or postgres > J-E-N wrote: > > > > just want to here comments from you guys. i will be doing a shopping cart and i'm still looking for the best database which i could use aside from Oracle.i'm still thingking which is better. interbase or postgres? > > Just a few comments - > Postgresql has a larger range of data types and built in string > functions, > Interbase has no text datatype and (I think) "like" doesnt use an index. The "text" datatype is present, but is a BLOB subtype (as usually in C world - it's not a text, it's "null-terminated string"). > I don't think you'd do badly using either but I'd lean towards > postgresql. It seems to be deveoping at a faster rate than Interbase and > probably has the edge performance wise. While Postgres has better future, IB is better now. IB has long way away as a commercial product, being utilized by most critical user (US Army used IB in it's M60TTS and M1 to M1IPM tanks). Anyway, i like IB. It's always the same - under Linux, Solaris, NT, NetWare... Cheers Jarek Zgoda