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Well, I think this comment can confuse. Basically Postgresql is (was?) a much more feature rich database than MySQL including triggers, a rich sql language and overall a piece of art transaction system that many commercial databases still lack.
sorry.. i didn't really know the specifics for either mysql or postgresql, aside from postgresql being more feature rich while mysql was speedier and more popular.
Recently SAP announced its development support for MySQL so thinks could change fast.
mysql and sap are working together on maxdb (formerly sapdb) which, is separate from the normal mysql, and more along the lines of firebird (feature rich; was commercial, now opensource). they are taking features from maxdb and putting them into mysql, so it should be getting more of the "high end" features faster.. -- trey