From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 30 20:36:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA11006 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 20:36:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from clifford.inch.com (omar@clifford.inch.com [207.240.140.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA10998 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 20:36:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from omar@clifford.inch.com) Received: (from omar@localhost) by clifford.inch.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA30179; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 23:33:47 -0500 Message-ID: <19980130233347.07030@clifford.inch.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 23:33:47 -0500 From: Omar Thameen To: "Aaron D. Gifford" Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SQL choice questions. References: <027301bd2ce2$05517f20$0f3d31cc@electron.nuc.net> <3.0.3.32.19980129140755.033893e0@infowest.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81 In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980129140755.033893e0@infowest.com>; from Aaron D. Gifford on Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 02:07:55PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 02:07:55PM -0700, Aaron D. Gifford wrote: > At 12:16 PM 1/29/98 -0600, you wrote: > >We're going to be implementing PHP with one of the SQL's out there, and I > >was curious on recommendations for the SQL. I've looked at both MySQL and > >PostgreSQL, and (for now) will be picking from one of those. > > > >Can anyone give me recommendations on either or both? (If you've used both, > >what you found for pros and cons on each) > > > >Of course, if one it flat out better, I'd like to know that, too. > > > >Jaime Bozza > >Nucleus Communications, Inc. > > I don't know about Postgress, but MySQL has been an EXCELLENT performer > with PHP/FI 2.0 and PHP 3.0beta for us. It seems I recall someone with > MySQL claiming benchmark performance superior to Postgress, but I'm not sure. Check on the MySQL homepage (http://www.tcx.se) - there's a link to a bunch of benchmarks if performance is an issue for you. FYI, we use MySQL. It performs well and has a nice license agreement. Omar