Not just that. PostgreSQL is a lot more like Oracle than it is like MySQL. Both are development platforms in a box. Both are built for many applications to r

Not just that. PostgreSQL is a lot more like Oracle than it is like MySQL. Both are development platforms in a box. Both are built for many applications to run off the same database (this is a use case that MySQL really sucks at btw-- MySQL is ideal for one app per database deployments). Both let you write stored procedures in some variation of PL/SQL and Java. Oracle on the other hand has a setting for everything. A good Oracle DBA can spend all his time fiddling with Oracle settings to get the best possible performance. On the other hand, a good Oracle DBA can spend all his time fiddling with settings to get that little bit of extra performance gain. PostgreSQL is simpler. PostgreSQL on the other hand lets you write your stored procedures in any language. On the other hand, you can spend all your time writing and debugging stored procedures written in brainfuck.....( and in case you want to do that, download the handler at https://github.com/mikejs/pl-bf https://github.com/mikejs/pl-bf and go get started!) There are a few other differences as well. In general, I think Oracle is better for some things, PostgreSQL for others, but they have more overlap than either does with MySQL.