Oh of course PostgreSQL is a really solid, full featured, well
documented database. And free. But my point is that MySQL is
even (way) better because along with being full featured, it's been
proven in the real world at a scale that PostgreSQL simply hasn't.
MySQL isn't full featured by any stretch of the imagination. It's
getting better, but it still doesn't support many useful things which
more a powerful dbms like Postgres provides. Even Postgres doesn't
give one everything Oracle does (hot backups being one important
one).
One should choose the right tool for the job. MySQL is great is
certaintly not the right choice for all or even most situations.
imho, the modest performance gains it gives you only makes up for the
lack of features in a few situations; a large website with a simple
datastructure like /. being one of them.
dv
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