Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@xxxxxxx> writes: >> * MySQL is used as a primary development platform. > Another good reason. Actually that's *the* reason --- it's always going to be hard for Postgres to look good for an application that's been designed/optimized for MySQL. The application has already made whatever compromises it had to for that platform, and dropping it onto a different DB won't magically undo them. Some days I think database independence is a myth. regards, tom lane