Re: Mysql / PostgreSQL with PHP
| From: | Michael Waples | Date: | Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:51:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Mysql / PostgreSQL with PHP | ||
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DrouetL@ldnegoce.com wrote:
>
> Hi everybody
>
> I'm not sure it is the best place for my question.
>
> Until now we were using PHP connecting to an oracle database. We are
> looking to change for an opensource database for the new applications.
>
> Do you know where I can find a recent and objective study comparing both
> with PHP to connect to it.
>
> Thanks and exceuse me if it is not the right forum to ask it
>
> Laurent Drouet
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/~petere/comparison.html
is well worth a
read
and since MYsql has no triggers, stored procedures, views or subselects
you will miss a lot of what you are used to.
Postgresql has all those and you will find pl/pgsql quite easy to use as
its similar to Oracles plsql.