Re: MySQL - was Re: New Software Map - please read!

["Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart alumni caltech edu>]

> Ok, according to sopwith, mysql just 'blows up' occasionally :)
> It should be working now.
> Anyone have a better db to use with php? MySQL has varchar() which is 
> nice, postgressql only have fixed length strings.

?? Maybe this was out of context, so please ignore if so.

But PostgreSQL has a pretty complete SQL92-compatible set of data types,
plus a bunch of additional ones. char(), varchar(), and text() (for
unspecified-length strings) are included.

Should be a candidate for whatever you are doing :)

                     - Tom