> May I ask you what the scale for your webapp was? (Because MySQL is > related to small to mid-size web applications). Is it the same case with > Python? FWIW, a recent benchmark test in Eweek showed MySQL to be comparable to Oracle 9i with respect to both performance and scalability. See http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=708&a=23115,00.asp Regards, Jan