[Xastir] Re: MySQL/PostgreSQL Discussion

Gerry Creager gerry.creager at tamu.edu
Fri Sep 26 20:13:43 EDT 2003


Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:
> 
>>MySQL 4 ha spatial capability.  From my perspective, it's now a matter
>>of personal choice...
> 
> But is it adequate for our needs?  I recall that Oracle Spatial and
> PostgreSQL were quite a bit ahead of MySQL last time we discussed
> this, and that the planned upgrades to MySQL wouldn't quite get
> where we wanted to be.
> 
> Have they progressed even further now?

We aren't doing anything _that_ complicated.  However, if there's a 
question, I vote for PostGreSQL/PostGIS.

73, gerry



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