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why is PostgreSQL instead of MySQL? What are the advantages of Postgres over MySQL in DBaaS implementation? I've seen some Database-as-a-service projects and a
by KaiX 15y ago
why is PostgreSQL instead of MySQL? What are the advantages of Postgres over MySQL in DBaaS implementation?
I've seen some Database-as-a-service projects and all of them chooses PostgreSQL.
- mgkimsal 15y agolicensing might be an issue.
- einhverfr 15y agoProbably because for the sorts of applications dbaas implementations target, PostgreSQL dominates the market among open source solutions. MySQL is very popular on the web site, but as a database serving multiple applications from the same db, PostgreSQL has been the de facto choice in the open source world since I have been working with db's (at least the last 12 years).