Lately there has been some articles in the press on Postgresql vs MySQL - and while I am simply not trying to say something for or against either one of them - I just got the idea that I should try to install Postgresql and see how it looks. I have created a three part article serie describing the installation process - and also on how to get create a simple database and table containing data - and last how to create your ASP.NET application to fetch data against it.
In short - I am very impressed of it. The engine seems very competent and I must say that the admin GUI is pretty ok - and the fact that.NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0 drivers are available as well make me really interested in doing more against it.
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