MySQL vs PostgreSQL? Which should I choose for my Django project?

Question

My Django project is going to be backed by a large database with several hundred thousand entries, and will need to support searching (I\'ll probably end up using djangosear

Answer 1

large database with several hundred thousand entries,

This is not large database, it's very small one.

I'd choose PostgreSQL, because it has a lot more features. Most significant it this case: in PostgreSQL you can use Python as procedural language.