Re: [cobalt-users] Which flavor of SQL?

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 3/24/00 3:57 PM, Aaron J Hawk, CNE MCSE at ahawk@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I'm looking to install SQL on my RAQ3 and use it for some DB stuff.
> However I'm not sure which product to go with. I see most people use
> MySQL, but I also see POSTGre starting when my RAQ 3 comes up. Is
> POSTGRE already installed on the RAQ3? What is the big difference
> between MySQL and POSTGRE? Is there an advantage to one or the other?

Postgres
+installed
+Open Source license
-not as widely supported (does it matter if DBI and PHP support it?)
-not as fast
-not as popular

MySQL
+great documentation
+wikid fast
+well supported
+popular
-not a GPL license (psuedo-free license)

I prefer MySQL... its a pleasure to work with.

Cobalt uses Postgres to manage their configuration databases, etc, so that's
why it is installed.  I believe if MySQL was using the same license as
Postgres, they would have chosen it instead, I bet.

-k