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To: Patrick Kelly <pkelly@kuentos.guam.net>
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Subject: Re: Which SQL Database for Web Applications ?
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Patrick Kelly wrote:

> I was using (briefly) postgreSQL, but got frustrated with the limited SQL.
> Now I'm using Solid (not free).  I've committed to it (ie paid license
> fees), but havn't used it enough to really give a qualified opinion. 
> 
> patrick

  Solid is nice.  Of the free databases, PostgreSQL probably has the least
limited SQL support though.  Both mSQL and MySQL lacked all kinds of
things that PostgreSQL does.

  I belive that Solid is the only SQL database for FreeBSD that offers
logging and automatic crash recovery.  Only Solid and PostgreSQL provide
support for transactions.

Tom