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PostgreSQL or MySQL (or something else)?

Name: Anonymous 2007-06-28 15:25 ID:gJ6TuSua

I'm writing a web application in Perl. Database Architecture is top of my planning list and would like /prog/'s opinions. The web application is an file upload host (LOL ORIGINALITY). But seriously, it won't be a general one like Rapidshare, it'll have a very specific target audience.

Anyway, I have seen /prog/ reccomend PostgreSQL numerous times with no reason other than "better than MySQL", though to be honest, MySQL seems like a daftly compacted pile of crap aimed squarely at the CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM and PHP ENTERPRISE FORUM market.

So I ask you, /prog/, which database engine should I use and why??

Name: Anonymous 2007-06-28 16:11 ID:QHeSAib7

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Anyway, take a look at http://www-css.fnal.gov/dsg/external/freeware/pgsql-vs-mysql.html -- it's fairly thorough. SQLite is okay if you're just interested in a dumb database that you're going to dump a bunch of stuff in for yourself, but please, don't try to make a big web site based on it. That's just shooting yourself in the foot.

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