On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 10:19:51AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > > (don't see the point in either, myself....if you need a free real > db, use postgres. if a toy db is good enough, then use mysql's > myisam...using anything but myisam in mysql completely destroys mysql's > only real advantage - raw speed for simple read-only or read-mostly > apps, i.e. mostly SELECT queries with few or no INSERTs or UPDATEs) > Heh. I am a big Postgres fan myself. I've heard MySQL described as "proof that if you remove every feature that makes a database a database, you can make it go really fast." The funny thing is that if you look at any decent benchmark, you see that MySQL's performance only holds for relative small databases. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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