Re: why postgresql over other RDBMS

Zoltan Boszormenyi <zb@cybertec.at> writes:
> Harpreet Dhaliwal �rta:
>> is the host base configuration methodology in postgres superior to
>> other RDBMS.

> If you ask me, yes. When I had to choose between MySQL 3.x and
> PostgreSQL 6.5 a long ago and I was able to exclude the DB superuser
> with REVOKE CONNECT from MySQL, I said "no, thanks".
> I did it on purpose to prove that you can the external configuration
> is better in this case.

> And apart from fixing pg_hba.conf after you move the machine,
> PostgreSQL is quite location agnostic network-wise.

MySQL has a related problem, which is that they have embedded IPv4
addressing rather deeply into their client authentication logic (by
making userids be user@host not just a username).  This is probably why
they still haven't got IPv6 support:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=8836
I wonder what their plans are for fixing that ...

            regards, tom lane