[plug] SQL Servers

[Garth Atkinson]

John Summerfield wrote:
> 
> > Hi Paul
> >
> > Go with Postgres. It has commit and rollback, which MySQL doesnt have.
> > MySQL might be faster than Postgres but who cares! BTW MySQL is verrryy
> > fast at simple queries, but its SQL is pretty restricted and the
> > developers have 'cut a lot of corners' to boost performance. Also
> > Postgres is GPL I think and MySQL is not (?).
> >
> > FWIW There is a lot of energy behind Postgres, maybe more so than with
> > MySQL.
> 
> I have used PostgresSQL. Runs like a lame dog. Couldn't see any evidence
> it has any understanding of a transaction: it cheerfully returns
> uncommitted data to an enquiry. Its not relational either.
>

How do you mean 'Its not relational'
 
> Did I mention that it's slow?
> 

PostgresSQL runs like a lame dog when compared to MySQL (so do a lot of
SQL engines).

And - correction for an earlier posting by me: The latest version of
MySQL is GPL (the previous versions were not).

Garth