On 30 December 2014 at 19:32, Noufal Ibrahim KV <nou...@nibrahim.net.in> wrote: [...] > I can't offer anything normative but in my experience (and it's a little > dated since I don't use mySQL for anything these days), mySQL is a > disaster waiting to hit you.
[...] Personally, I agree with this, but such arguments often degenerate into flamewars. IMHO, it comes down to a matter of knowing your tools, and what use-cases they can meet. Sometimes, mysql can be what one needs. > If I had to recommend a path ahead, I'd suggest that you bite the bullet > now and make the technical and other investments necessary to migrate > from mySQL to postgres right away. It's a much more future proof > investment. If your budget and situation doesn't allow for that, atleast > make a plan to migrate and stop investing in mySQL for any of your work > from now. Agreed strongly. Unless one can make a very good case for it, I would go with Postgresql. From what I am told, even if one has to use mysql, one should look at MariaDB. Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
