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On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 13:35, Wayne Dahl wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>Hi guys. My wife and I are considering starting a business and will
need a database. Any recommendations in the Linux realm? What are the
pros and cons of both MYSql and postgresql? How hard are they to
migrate to a different machine when hardware needs upgrading? What
about front end clients for each? Since both are included in my distro
(RH8.0), I would like your input before we begin setting things up.
Also, do you have any recommendations for companies that do web
site/domain hosting and why (why this company as opposed to that
company)?
Thanks again,
Wayne</I></FONT></PRE>
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<FONT SIZE="3">MySQL -vs- postgres is a religious debate. Like FreeBSD -vs- Linux. <BR>
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I use MySQL and haven't had any problems with it. I did have a logic <BR>
error in something I was doing and discovered that I had 1,000,000 <BR>
records in one of my tables. MySQL worked fine with that setup. <BR>
The backup seemed to take longer than I expected and that's how I <BR>
noticed that I hosed up something. <BR>
<BR>
I use MySQL on Linux. I use php to access it and I use VB on a <BR>
windows box and a MySQL ODBC connection to do some stuff<BR>
from Windows. <BR>
<BR>
If SQL is involved, 99% of the freshmeat and sourceforge projects use<BR>
MySQL. I've seen very little that used postgres only. <BR>
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jack<BR>
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