jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Joshua D. Drake") writes: > Gauthier, Dave wrote: >> I?ve been invited to participate in a forum which discusses >> technical issues for relational DBs used in the corporation. The 3 >> DBs they are discussing are Oracle, SQL-Server and MySQL. I?d like >> to introduce PG, but want to be able to address the ?Why not use >> MySQL? questions when they arise. I know in the past there have >> been many comparisons between the 2 DBs but would like to know if >> there are any good, recent ones. Also, any ?off-the-cuff? comments >> would be welcome, especially if you have used both DBs. > > I suggest you take a look at: > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/2575733/The-future-of-MySQL-The-Project > http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html > http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/04/17/what-mysql-can-learn-from-postgresql > http://www.commandprompt.com/files/mysql_learn.pdf > http://people.planetpostgresql.org/mha/index.php?/archives/168-guid.html > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-04/msg00992.php I would add to that document list the following... http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Why_PostgreSQL_Instead_of_MySQL:_Comparing_Reliability_and_Speed_in_2007 -- let name="cbbrowne" and tld="linuxdatabases.info" in name ^ "@" ^ tld;; http://linuxdatabases.info/info/internet.html If anyone ever markets a really well-documented Unix that doesn't require babysitting by a phalanx of provincial Unix clones, there'll be a lot of unemployable, twinky-braindamaged misfits out deservedly pounding the pavements.