RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL or Postgres
| From: | May, Patrick | Date: | Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:08:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL or Postgres | ||
| Groups: | php.db | ||
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Ben,
> Subject: [PHP-DB] MySQL or Postgres
>
>
> Could someone please point me in the correct direction for a decent
> comparison of the two in respect of:-
>
> Reliability
> Scalability
> Speed
> Functionality
>
> These are actually in order or importance to me (I know both
> are fairly fast).
>
> I am also interested in how easy it would be to migrate from MySQL to
> Postgress.
>
> Proples general experiences/comments also welcome.
There are other open-source databases besides MySQL and Postgres. My
experience has pointed me towards firebird / interbase:
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
~ Patrick