From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 04:16:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5CE16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 04:16:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail1.woosh.co.nz (mail1.woosh.co.nz [202.74.207.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF32943D2F for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 04:16:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james@pole.net.nz) Received: from [192.168.1.254] (202-74-208-83.ue.woosh.co.nz [202.74.208.83]) by woosh.co.nz; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:16:18 +1300 In-Reply-To: <419027B8.8050202@nbritton.org> References: <419027B8.8050202@nbritton.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <1851C0CE-3206-11D9-867A-000D93341F5C@pole.net.nz> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: James Pole Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:16:14 +1300 To: Nikolas Britton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD + MySQL or PostgreSQL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 04:16:21 -0000 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