RE: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare - Mailing list pgsql-general
From | Eric Mueller |
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Subject | RE: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare |
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Msg-id | 000f01c0751b$09441f00$d534a9ac@vaio Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare (GH <grasshacker@over-yonder.net>) |
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Re: RE: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare
(Adam Haberlach <adam@newsnipple.com>)
Re: RE: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>) Re: RE: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>) |
List | pgsql-general |
I'm happy to contribute once I feel like I've got something to offer, which I won't know until I have the lay of the land, and that's the problem. As a long-time coder picking up postgresql for the first time, I'm baffled by what seems to be a lack of detailed documentation for something so fundamental as the built-in functions. Do the docs for the functions even exist? Are they in the dist but not published on the web site? Zen-like riddles and causes-in-need-of-aid aside, any hints to the answer for such a basic question would help me get started with what seems like a very powerful tool. -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of GH Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:53 PM To: Eric Mueller Cc: 'PostgreSQL general mailing list' Subject: Re: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 02:47:05PM -0800, some SMTP stream spewed forth: > ...another advantage I've seen is the documentation! MySQL has its functions > clearly documented on the mysql.com site; I not able to find detailed docs > for the pgsql functions anywhere on the postgresql site. I ask you the same question I ask myself in such situations: How much documentation have I written? How much have I aided the Cause? gh > > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Bruce Momjian > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 1:08 PM > To: kientzle@acm.org > Cc: PostgreSQL general mailing list > Subject: Re: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare > > > One big advantage of MySQL over PostgreSQL > > right now is ease of upgrading. Upgrading > > MySQL just requires shutting down the old > > one and starting the new; PostgreSQL requires > > a more involved process to migrate all of > > your data. (Of course, upgrading your DB > > is never a simple matter, but at least > > MySQL tries to make it less painful.) > > Yes, that is a good point. We are clearly fixing/improving the storage > system, while MySQL has been able to keep the same one for many years. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 >
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