Comment Re:Why MySQL and not PostGreSQL? (honest question! (Score 1) 251
I don't think it has to do so much with complexity or simplicity or anything like that, but actually more to do with the appearance of simplicity. MySQL has a ton of really good documentation in many places on the web, whereas Postgres has a crappy online manual that even folks with years of experience with other dbs find confusing (like, um, me).
Also, for select intensive applications MySQL is faster. And you don't need to worry about optimizations like you need to with postgresql. Vacuum? I don't even do that to my house.
Also, for select intensive applications MySQL is faster. And you don't need to worry about optimizations like you need to with postgresql. Vacuum? I don't even do that to my house.
