Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 23:33:47 -0500 From: Omar Thameen <omar@clifford.inch.com> To: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SQL choice questions. Message-ID: <19980130233347.07030@clifford.inch.com> 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 References: <027301bd2ce2$05517f20$0f3d31cc@electron.nuc.net> <3.0.3.32.19980129140755.033893e0@infowest.com>
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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. <G> > > > >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
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