Re: Difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL

[Brad Tilley]

EWAGW wrote:
> Hi all, mr.super newbie here, what is the best for cold fusion development?
> I know that NASA uses MySQL but I have also been told that more
> 'professionals'(???) use PostgreSQL. Let the flaming begin!!

No need for flames. I think the two are converging.

PostgreSQL started out with a focus on being full-featured and as 
powerful as Oracle. MySQL started out with a focus on being fast and 
small. Today, PostgreSQL is as full-featured as ever, and guess what... 
it's becoming faster too. MySQL is still fast, but it's adding more and 
more features. They are approaching the asme point... they just started 
on different ends of the spectrum. Five years from now, IMO, there'll be 
little if any difference.