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Date:      Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:16:14 +1300
From:      James Pole <james@pole.net.nz>
To:        Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD + MySQL or PostgreSQL
Message-ID:  <1851C0CE-3206-11D9-867A-000D93341F5C@pole.net.nz>
In-Reply-To: <419027B8.8050202@nbritton.org>
References:  <419027B8.8050202@nbritton.org>

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On 9/11/2004, at 3:13 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote:

> Which one, MySQL or PostgreSQL,  is most compatible, stable, etc. with 
> FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x
>
> P.S. I'm NOT looking for opinions on which is better a product.

Both work perfectly fine with FreeBSD, although I find MySQL easier to 
set up and maintain under FreeBSD. There are also more documentation 
available on the web for MySQL+FreeBSD. However it is possible to run 
PostgreSQL on FreeBSD without any problems at all, especially if you 
have experience using PostgreSQL on other platforms (eg Linux) as the 
set-up and maintenance process should be similar on both sides of the 
fence.

Are there any specific requirements you need in an SQL database server?

Regards,
James



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