Re: free database for java

Mr. X. wrote on 12.03.2008 19:29:
> Thanks ...
> Where can I find more opinions, that Postgres is the best free db ?
> Is there any compare-table of free DBs, that list all of the DBs' cons.
& 
> pros ?

Simply compare
http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html
to
http://sql-info.de/postgresql/postgres-gotchas.html

although I have to admit that a lot of the MySQL gotchas aren't valid any
more.
But there are still too many nasty habits that I personally feel should
not be 
in a relational database system.

Check out this thread on the PG mailing list:
http://www.nabble.com/postgre-vs-MySQL-td15976517.html

The PG people aren't too religous about this topic and they have a fair 
judgement of MySQL (naturally they will think PG to be better than MySQL,
but 
still they aren't ba****ng MySQL)

Note that probably more people think that MySQL is better than Postgres,
but 
then more people think Windows is better than Linux as well :)