MySQL is nice, and fast but I don't think it's at all suitable for what
you have in mind. There was a recent comparison of PostgreSQL vs MySQL
and PostgreSQL beat it in terms of speed. This was a CVS version though,
and they used the last beta version of MySQL at the time.
(http://www.phpbuilder.com/) As with all benchmarks it's better to do it
yourself with your own data an application.
I'd agree with John below, give PostgreSQL a serious look..
Donncha.
"John P . Looney" wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 03:29:57AM -0800, Michael Turley mentioned:
> > Has anybody on the list experience of implementing a
> > high volume ecommerce application on Linux and would
> > you like to share your opinion on relevant databases?
> > My experience is limited to Oracle on a commercial
> > Unix and mysql on Linux. The lads here think that SQL
> > server on NT/2000 might be a worthwhile option, if
> > only in a commercial sense.
>> Ask the developers in online.ie - they went with Oracle, and really
> regret it. It's horrid. PostgreSQL seems to be the best free one around.
> I'd be surprised if it wasn't better all round than SQLServer.
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