At 12:35a -0400 on 02 Nov 2007, Tom Lane wrote: > Kevin Hunter <hunteke@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> However, I'm not a DBA and only minimally know what's involved in doing >> the job, so I don't have "ammo" to defend (or agree?) with my friend >> when he says that "Postgres requires a DBA and MySQL doesn't so that's >> why they choose the latter. > > He's full of it ... mysql is not any easier to run or tune. I expected as much, but would you give me something more than "Because Tom says so!" Good enough for me, but not for a non-Postgres-indoctrinated person, I fear. ;-) Thanks, Kevin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly