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Why was the underlying database changed? The most obvious reason I can think of being licensing concerns with both MS SQL and MySQL.
by kevindong 6y ago
Why was the underlying database changed?
The most obvious reason I can think of being licensing concerns with both MS SQL and MySQL.
- ensignavenger 6y agoThe first migration from ms sql to mysql was licensing costs, and the desire to host on Linux. The more recent plan to move to postgres is motivated in part by features and in part by standardizing on postgres.
- grey-area 6y agoFeatures that you wouldn't be allowed to use if you try to remain database agnostic. DB migrations happen, but not often enough to use a lowest-common-denominator db agnostic library and try to remain compatible with all systems.
- ensignavenger 6y agoWell, that is another area the article got partially wrong. There are many postgres specific features included in Django, and other available via third party packages. And for most things that the ORM doesn't specifically support, it gets out of the way and lests you do them anyway, by executing your own custom SQL, right from the ORM.