[Zope] MySQL - PostgreSQL - ZODB

Gregor Hoffleit flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de
Mon, 8 May 2000 15:01:58 +0200


On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 08:43:45AM -0400, J. Atwood wrote:
> I think the low down is that while MySQL is very fast it is not as scalable
> or as true a RDBMS as PostGreSQL. MS SQL 7.0 I will not comment about since
> I would never run a production website with that product.

I guess this has the potential for a mid-sized flamewar, but also have a
look at Ben Adida's recent article "Why Not MySQL ?"
(http://openacs.org/why-not-mysql.html) and the ongoing discussion on
Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/articles/00/05/05/0920247.shtml).

    Gregor