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mark_l_watson on Dec 13, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Help save MySQL

Not to mention nice add-ons like PostGIS. MySQL is simpler to set up in master-slave configurations, but except for that, PostgreSQL is almost always my choice.

oomkiller on Dec 14, 2009 [–]

Yes, PostGIS is awesome. I have run into some issues with multi-master replication, I was quiet surprised when I saw how easy it was on MySQL.

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