[DB-SIG] mySQL vs Matisse vs PostgreSQL ???

[Harri Pasanen]

While you are at it, you may wish to check out Metakit:

http://www.equi4.com/metakit/

Hope this helps,

-Harri

On Wednesday 02 July 2003 20:35, quadric at primenet.com wrote:
> Hi ,
> I have an application that embeds both Python and mySQL.  I chose
> mySQL for a variety of
> reasons not least of which were reputation ( good as far as I can
> tell ) and cost.
>
> However, I have not gotten so far down the path that a database
> change would be impractical.
>
> I need to use the database both from within the app (written in
> C++) and from within Python
> scripts that the app runs.  I would like to avoid a bunch of Python
> object to table mapping
> code if possible and found that Matisse ( www.matisse.com ) appears
> to have achieved that
> goal quite handily.  It has both a C++ and Python API.
>
> Although I have experience in C++/Python/RDBMS's, I'm new to mySQL
> and know nothing
> about Matisse other than what can be downloaded in their 30-day
> trial Developer Kit.
>
> The licensing can be quite expensive (depending on number of final
> users) and I didn't ask about source
> but I don't think it is available for the DB engine or Python
> extension.
>
> Does anybody have any info about or experience with Matisse?
>
> Any comparisons between Matisse / mySQL / PostgreSQL  that would be
> helpful?
>
> The thought of true Python object persistence with accessibility
> from C++ without
> a bunch of intermediate object=>table mapping is quite appealing.
>
> I've read a little on the gadfly module but it doesn't appear that
> direct access from C++ code is an
> option.  Correct?
>
> BTW: The app is developed under and runs on Windows.  [ No flame
> please :-) ]
>
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
>
>
>
>
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