On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 15:16, James Pole wrote: > On 9/11/2004, at 3:13 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > Which one, MySQL or PostgreSQL, is most compatible, stable, etc. with > > FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x > > > > P.S. I'm NOT looking for opinions on which is better a product. > > Both work perfectly fine with FreeBSD, although I find MySQL easier to > set up and maintain under FreeBSD. There are also more documentation > available on the web for MySQL+FreeBSD. However it is possible to run > PostgreSQL on FreeBSD without any problems at all, especially if you > have experience using PostgreSQL on other platforms (eg Linux) as the > set-up and maintenance process should be similar on both sides of the > fence. > > Are there any specific requirements you need in an SQL database server? > > Regards, > James > We currently run MySQL in production very satisfactorily, and both on development systems. >From a technical standpoint only (ACID compliance) we are considering switching the production stuff to PostgreSQL
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