Free DB options under python

["Jürgen A. Erhard"]

>>>>> "Cees" == Cees de Groot <cg at gaia.cdg.acriter.nl> writes:

    Cees> Aahz Maruch <aahz at netcom.com> said:
    >> Incidentally, as someone who has found bugs with SQL Server 7.0 and its
    >> transactional system, as well as being a former Paradox tech support
    >> person, I'm a big fan of sizing the DB to the problem.

    Cees> Sizing the DB has one little problem: often your software
    Cees> starts out small and then grows big. There are websites that
    Cees> are heavily hit by mySQL's performance issues (tablelocking,
    Cees> stuff like that) when they grow big.

<fanatic type=mysql>MySQL has performance issues.  No way!</fanatic>
;-)

    Cees> [...] Given these circumstances, I always opt for the
    Cees> "highest-end feasible solution", so that you can grow
    Cees> without having to change your database system. In the realm
    Cees> of open source databases, that seems to be PostgreSQL (which
    Cees> isn't /that/ hard to install or maintain, just a matter of
    Cees> RTFM).

Hmm, Debian makes even the RTFM virtually obsolete.  Just apt-get
install postgresql, and voila, It Works(tm).

Apart from that, I totally agree with this (even though I'm far from
being as experienced as you apparently are).

Bye, J

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