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Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are absolutely fantastic pieces of software. Both have their pros and cons, but in general, they are neck in neck. There was a nice q
by cbrinker 18y ago
Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are absolutely fantastic pieces of software. Both have their pros and cons, but in general, they are neck in neck.
There was a nice quote that I forget where I read it, but it goes as such:
"Choose MySQL if you want an open source product, PostgreSQL if you want an open source project."
- newt0311 18y agoActually no. PostgreSQL and MySQL are certainly not neck to neck especially in performance. See http://tweakers.net/reviews/657 http://tweakers.net/reviews/657 Summary: MySQL comes close to beating PostgreSQL (in speed) when there is little contention but gets absolutely clobbered when there are multiple users simultaneously. My addition: Even with 5.1, MySQL is still severely lacking when it comes to ANSI features as compared to PostgreSQL and other commercial solutions like Oracle and DB2.