+-------[ Albert Langer ]---------------------- | If you *really*: | | a) don't need transactions now | | and | | b) won't need transactions ever | | then MySQL could be fine. | | However Postgresql is both both dramatically faster and dramatically more | stable for most "high load" applications such as you are interested in: | | http://apachetoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-08-14-008-01-PR-MR-SW Just read the fine print on this one, that's across ODBC connections. I guess it's the only interface for standardised testing though, although they could have gone to the trouble to use native interfaces, but, I suspect the performance would turn out to be crappy for all the major players involved. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 ABN: 83 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|