Scott Marlowe wrote: >> In particular, MySQl seems to have richer string functions to parse >> out sub strings and als trim a string for automatic table insertion >> from long multifield strings. > > Have you read the postgresql manual on string functions? Seriously, > it's easily a match for MySQL in that arena, and beats it hands down > in a few. And if you need more - like extracting Noun Clauses from sentences you can do that with PostgreSQL and Pl/Perl using natural language processing libraries that are callable from perl. I'd be interested to know how MySQL would handle that kind of string processing function. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster