Re: Convince teh boss

On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:45:18 +0100, you wrote: >BTW, is there any reason why PostgreSQL is not mentioned here? While it >seems there are far more MySQL installations, I personally value PostgreSQL >higher... it's OpenSource as well, it's an OO database (you may inherit, >have object identifiers, etc), and it doesn't suffer from MySQL's >self-admitted limitations, mainly the lack of stored procedures and triggers. I agree, I'm a big fan of PostgreSQL as well. I started using MySQL with PHP, but now I have used PostgreSQL for three seperate production databases and I find it just as easy to use as MySQL, and much more flexible. I think the general feeling among PHP developers (especially beginners) is that MySQL is easier to work with, but I personally don't understand that. I think the command line 'psql' is just as easy as the command line 'mysql', and when I need a GUI I think pgAdmin II fills in nicely. And you get foreign keys, triggers, stored procedures, sub-selects, unions, etc. etc. etc. Sorry, just had to send a "me too" response... :)