PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a data analyst (2014)

Re:PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a dat... by krystiangw on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:15PM (#13924180)

Base on the stats below seems that Mysql is still more popular than PostgreSQL.

# Name | Popularity | Avg salary global

1. Mysql | 7.44% | $56,506

2. PostgreSQL | 4.32% | $61,505

3. MongoDB | 3.2% | $64,206

4. Sql Server | 2.71% | $65,959

5. Oracle | 2.09% | $52,312

6. Redis | 1.92% | $51,728

More stats and details here https://jobsquery.it/stats/databases/group

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Re:PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a dat... by netcraft on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:17PM (#13924200)

not sure if it was intended, but the article is discussing MSSQL not MYSQL. I think MYSQL has a popularity advantage over PGSQL because of a long tail of historical reasons, but this is just my opinion.

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Re:PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a dat... by collyw on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:48PM (#13925546)

Its a bit like PHP, its easy to install and get started compared to PG (I need to look up the docs every time I do a PG install to get the initial users started - Mysql often offers me that from the OS package manager).

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Re:PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a dat... by um_ya on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:52PM (#13924510)

Wordpress probably accounts for most of Mysql's popularity.

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Re:PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a dat... by collyw on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @03:47PM (#13925533)

I have been using MySQL for a number of years. I will probably use Postgres for any new projects I start. But my current work is maintaining a system written by someone else, so MySQL it is. Its not that bad a database, but there are enough quirks to it that I feel that PG would be a better choice.

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Re:PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server from the point of view of a dat... by brkpn on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:20PM (#13924239)

It's easy to misread MS SQL in the title as MySQL... The article isn't about MySQL.

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