[H-GEN] Msql vs. Mysql and windows script launching

[Chris Ryan]

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Raymond Smith wrote:
> 
> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and
> Unix-related topics. ]
> 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Michael Anthon wrote:
> > I'd go along with Chris's suggestion to have a look at PostGreSQL.  I have
> > used it a little bit at home and it works nicely and there are Win32 ODBC
> > drivers for it as well so you can connect to it from a windows box.  Quite
> > possibly the other DBs you mentioned also have these drivers available, but
> > I don't know.
> 
> MySQL has an ODBC driver. I have also used PostreSQL, it is a very good
> Open Source product. I have found that PostreSQL offers more advanced
> features than MySQL, but is more likely to have incorrectly implemented
> simpler features. MySQL development seems to have worked the other way,
> slowly implementing the simple stuff first. Both have worked well for me.

Can you give examples of the incorrect implementations in
PostgreSQL?  I'm using it at present and I'd like to know
of any potential traps.

Thanks,

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