Re: Why is MySQL more chosen over PostgreSQL?

well that and people tend to drift towards an easy answer,
like php... amazing how that combo is so popular... hrrmm...

Roderick A. Anderson writes:
 > On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 cbbrowne@cbbrowne.com wrote:
 > 
 > [snip]
 > 
 > > e) Inertia.  MySQL got more popular way back when; the reasons may no longer 
 > > apply, but nobody is going to move to PostgreSQL without _compelling_ reason, 
 > > and you'll have to show something _really compelling_.
 > 
 > I would like to add one other thought.  There are many web site designers
 > that get thrust into being a web site programmer.  Without an
 > understanding of database design and a novice programmers (?) view of the
 > process the benefits of letting the database (RDBMS) do the database work
 > isn't recognized.  They code it all in the CGI.
 > 
 > 
 > Rod
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