Community is King Community is king The most striking difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL may not be technical at all. Open-source projects are, by definition, all about the community.

Another difference: PostgreSQL is an object-relational DBMS and MySQL is a relational DBMS.<BR><BR>You'll also find that PostgreSQL has many more data types that MySQL.

To Bruce Momjian, lead integrator for the PostgreSQL project, the key difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL has been that the PostgreSQL project was truly community-oriented; there was no vendor ...

Looking to use an open source general-purpose database? This extensive comparison of MySQL vs. PostgreSQL explores the strengths and weaknesses of each.