in reply to My first MySQL database

As long as you are starting from scratch, why don't you start with PostgreSQL rather than MySQL? That way, you'll get a real database with full database features.

Yes, I don't fault anyone who picked MySQL over PostgreSQL two years ago, but the choice has obviously swung in the opposite direction lately.

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Re: •Re: My first MySQL database
by sulfericacid (Deacon) on Feb 10, 2003 at 19:04 UTC
    Why would you suggest a different database? I was just told to use MySQL a few days ago (too many people saying too many different things, lol).

    "Age is nothing more than an inaccurate number bestowed upon us at birth as just another means for others to judge and classify us"

    sulfericacid
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      Because PostgreSQL is a baby Oracle, with views, transactions, triggers, nested subselects, full SQL92 datatypes, etc etc. MySQL is now playing "catch up" with PostgreSQL, and I'm not clear that it will ever finish catching up, because it might have to break compatibility.

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        I'm not sure if it matters but whatever I'm going to accomplish with databases isn't going to be huge or complex. Thanks for the idea, I'll check that site out.

        "Age is nothing more than an inaccurate number bestowed upon us at birth as just another means for others to judge and classify us"

        sulfericacid
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